My name is Eris Herrington, and I make my living through the pain and suffering of others. Every item I touch tells me a story, shows me a painful end. But I get results, I solve crimes, and I get even. It's enough for me. Humans don't like my kind - STRANDs, created by humans through scientific experiments - but they'd hate to know how many other creatures came out publicly under our name. So we police our own to keep the boogeymen from getting free. I help keep humans safe, and you better thank me for it. And then I was tricked into a case I wasn't prepared to handle. Attached to a man that I couldn't help but fall for...and everyone is a liar. I'm trapped, drawn, and seduced by his world and his words. I can't stop from holding on to him. This case is tearing me up, and he's my only safe harbor. But can I trust a man who can lie to the girl who sees everything? I don't know.... Previously published as Murder by Ritual, Seer's Burden has been heavily edited.