Ayda’s POV

“Do you recognize her, Niko?”

I eyed Sebastian, wearily wondering how he’d gotten on a first-name basis with not just any boogeyman of Eventide City but the king of them.

Nikodemus Karras—Nightshade Karras, The Prince of the Underworld, The Scourge of Cerberus—was not anyone’s casual acquaintance. Knowing the man’s face meant one of three things:

One, you were a mark of his, and he was coming to ...