For nearly two decades, Ruckus gave up everything he ever loved and hid in the swamps from an evil coven called The Noctambule. Protecting those he loved required him to conceal his gifts but the Noctambule have discovered the one thing he'll die to defend. Now, he's coming out of hiding to join the war and find a way to end The Noctambule's wicked reign.
Bad news about Beth's father brings her Aunt Gracie to visit her nieces in the swamp. Ruckus is asked to babysit her while The Twelve hunt for the mole putting the entire hoard in danger. Twenty years of swamp solitude has sharpened his survival instincts, but the attraction he develops for Gracie riles a barbaric obsession he's never experienced before, compounding every risk threatening the swamps.
