It will take an empty grave to bring her to life. When dead animals start piling up on Brie's doorstep, she knows the cult is sending her a message. They are coming for her. Again. And if she can't find her mother before the moon wanes, there will be no stopping them when they make their move. The trouble is, the magic within almost killed her before. She isn't so sure she'll survive it the next time. With Layne busy guiding a fledgling werewolf safely through her transformation, and with Parrish buried in tests she believes will solve the case, Brie is left alone to search for answers. That's when she begins to think faking her death might be the only thing to stop the cult in its tracks. But convincing a black coven who deals in death that their target isn't alive will take more than a bit of magical suggestion. It's going to take a journey to the underworld to unravel the web of lies her mother spun about her past. And what waits for her there is a darkness so black it just might overcome her…