They live ordinary lives, but they are extraordinary.They are the Offspring, children of a mysteriousexperiment gone awry--andthey are in terrible danger.Cheveyo: a name that stirs Petralike no other, reviving deepfeelings of pleasure . . . andpain. Despite her rare psychic gifts, the beautiful half-human Offspringdoesn't know why the magnificent shapeshifter walked out of her life when the bond they shared was powerful . . . and intensely passionate.But Cheveyo is not gone. From the shadows, hewatches over his beloved, determined that themalevolent enemies he hunts with fang and clawwill not invade her world. But now, suddenly, the stakes are getting higher--as an insidious evilplots the destruction of Petra's race. Cheveyocan remain hidden no longer from the loverwho completes him but could destroy him . . . ifhis own inner darkness doesn't destroy her first.