Life on the streets of Treith was never easy, and they were never free. Carrina Kucera knew this. She just wanted a big enough score to buy out her sister, Majella’s, brothel contract. The gold in a wealthy Merchant’s hidden stash should have done just that. The ancient-looking scroll snagged along with the bars had been little more than an afterthought. That scroll, rather than the gold, was what sent a Seeker after her, a crazed magician with heightened senses, reactions, and strength fueled by the Blood Price. Forced to abandon everything and everyone she knew, she hoped the wild lands beyond the city’s walls could thwart the Seeker’s deadly magic through distance. It never occurred to her that greater dangers could be waiting out among the trees.