The Wild Hunt roamed the forest outside of Beth-Hill until the Council bound them for a hundred years--a lifetime, to a human, but only a passing thought to one such as Gabriel. But a century has put its mark even on the Master of the Wild Hunt, and as the Council's binding draws to a close, old enemies reappear to ensure that the Wild Hunt is bound again, to a Master--or Mistress--much worse than the Council could ever become.