In a world where only the strong and wise survive, where shape shifters, powerful entities, past loves, obsessions and lethal magical assassins rule supreme one woman will stand out to have her voice be heard. Ellie Kavanaugh has made it her mission to come out the victor. But life for Ellie was never about power, it has been mostly about survival. In her world things were not what they seem it was always full of lies, betrayals, murder and life-threatening situations. But the Ellie that everyone knows is that of a mother and a submissive wife to an over bearing abusive husband. Yet behind closed doors Ellie desires to escape the atrocities of her life, although she loves her children; her husband is another story. She embarks on a journey to decimate her abusive husband and wonders which way she can overpower him in order to eliminate him completely from their lives. Afraid to lose her children to the powers of the man she learned to hate Ellie refuses to become the victim. With her sweet charisma and unvarnished reputation no one will expect the power the lives inside this woman of pure steel that will give her life to keep her and her children's independence free.The Shadows, a secret society of assassins that is composed of the most lethal wizards, shifters without packs, demons and other creatures in the world. They are given second chances to right the wrong they have done in the world. They hunt, they stalk and eliminate powerful magical threats to the human and magical world alike. From all the walks of life to all sorts of magic The Shadows have emerged with one purpose in mind and that is to fix a world that has forsaken those that are in their weakest forms unable to survive the cruelty of life. One man has sought to fix all that is wrong in the world and he will do it with the help of all those around him that come from the exact if not same roots he has. Patrick Sullivan leader of the Shadows has vowed to uphold rules and regulations per the needs that arise against the world that surrounds them. Humans are to be protected, weaker species are to be warned and those evils that lurk around shall be eliminated or otherwise imprisoned. But one woman threatens to shatter that very concept of loyalty he has for his shadows. Yet his past will come to haunt him and then he will have to choose which loyalty he should cling to.