Shape shifters, witches, wizards, fae, and vampires. They have lived alongside humans since the beginning of time. The preternaturals excel at blending in. Those that fail to blend in and master their magic, die. Tempe joins a preternatural task force searching for Shadowed facilities throughout earth and the five realms of the Farseen. With little to show for their efforts, tension builds within the preternatural community. Can the Shadowed be stopped before preternatural alliances are destroyed? Young love, weddings, and break ups, add to the normality of daily life, until an unexpected birthing explosion hits the shifter community. Just as life starts to calm down, a member of Tempe's fae family arrives in Eli's territory seeking help from the shifters.