Even vampires have limits. Desiree reached hers when she saw the dismembered body of her Beloved Nathan, being thrown into a fire. She cannot conceive of Nathan... ending. Because-until that horrible instant in time, when he is thrown into the flames-he walked the world for millennia, from Ancient Egypt, to modern day America. Until he seemed like an elemental force... incarnate. And then...in a flash, he is gone.Unbelievable. Unbearable. Unforgivable...