BOOK TWO: BEHOLDE

**Piper**

The portal spit me and Sophie out directly in front of our house. I landed on my hands and knees, and I didn't bother to get up. Rocks dug into my palms, and the remnants of a recent rainstorm seeped through my jeans. But that discomfort was nothing compared to the anguish tearing my heart apart.

I left him.

The man I loved more than anything in the world.

Jax. My cranky vampire. My lover. ...