Dumuzi has been content for centuries. All his buddies are finding their Chosen, their eternal mates, and he couldn't be happier for them. As for himself? Maintaining his normal, low profile is the only thing on his agenda...until the edict comes down; they all have to find their other halves. Which is totally wrong. No way can he subject a woman to who he is, who he becomes. It will be a death sentence...for them both. Veronica Foxey hasn't been haunted by the voices since she moved from Boston, but now an emergency call from her daughter has her rushing back to the city which once held only pain. Does the taciturn Dumuzi have anything to do with the evils of her past? Will the voices return after ten years? And if they do, will she, with or without Dumuzi, be able to hang on to her sanity?