No one escapes the Family. Sage Nocturna always knew Eventide Maryland would pull them back, they just hadn't expected to only have four years of freedom. Now, a few months post-return, they have a home, a new family, and a goal: become a mediating force among the Court of Families. If only they could convince the warring factions of Eventide it's for their own good. The past always catches up with a person, and while Aidan "Corey" Corwin was able to outrun her own for years, she couldn't forever. With the leader of the Mafia family she ran from attacking her new family she has no other choice than to return to the seedy politics of Eventide's underworld, and hope her past doesn't come back to bite her. If Mal thought the return of the person he loved would loosen the hold grief had on his heart, he was mistaken. Even with Sage close enough to touch he can't seem to shake the feeling that he's unworthy, that he'll do something and this chance will slip through his fingers. If he holds on too tight, will he strangle the very thing he's trying to build? Deals with demons are inadvisable at best, and dangerous at worst. Mox knows that. It didn't stop her from making one with Eventide's resident demon Lucy. The trouble? She may have bargained away more than she realized, and her bill is rapidly coming due. The Court of Families was always meant to regulate itself, to keep balance, but for years it's sat on the tipping point of war. The question is: can Sage bring peace, or will their actions finally spell war for Eventide?