Bound by Vengeance: A Sentinel Wars Novella (A Penguin Special from New American Library) (The Sentinel Wars)

The guilt that Defender Dakota Kacey feels about her brother's death is all-consuming, making her determined to find and kill the demon who murdered him. But the leader of the Defenders is worried about what Dakota is capable of, and calls in Liam Lann to keep an eye on her. Dakota knows what kind of power a Theronai like Liam possesses, and agrees to bind herself to him if he'll help her exact vengeance. But a bond to a Theronai is not a decision to make lightly, and as the search for the killer intensifies, Dakota will have to learn to trust Liam completely, or risk losing everything. Dakota Kacey always had been aware that her father favored Dakota's younger brother Daren but that was okay because Dakota loved Daren as much as her parents did. After Daren was seized and dragged away to his death by a demon, Dakota fights her feelings of being responsible for it by pledging herself to make sure the demon gets killed. No other family should ever have to suffer the devastation of an attack like hers has. When the Theronai warrior Liam Lann connects his strength with hers, their partnership in fighting evil floods its way into a partnership in love and commitment