A dagger's hurled at me in front of an audience of unwitting carnival patrons. It's a warning I should have never come in the first place.

But it's his fault I'm here. He hunted me.

He dropped me into this secret world. He's the reason I'm having to relearn everything about myself.

Angering the wrong warlock has made me and everyone I love a target of his dark magic. I'm Thea deLarue, and a month ago, I would've laughed at all this talk of witchcraft and energy magic.

But it turns out my whole life has been a lie, and my family's history has come back to haunt me in nightmarish ways. I've just discovered I'm a vital key in an endangered lineage of witches tasked with protecting earth's existence-a Lightworker-and that sort of pressure was the last thing I needed.

One reckless night out. One flirty encounter with a cute stranger, and my whole world turned upside down.

My new enemy won't stop until he gets back what he lost. Now excuse me while I go stand directly in his way.

Welcome to the Carnival of Chaos, where magic and mischief prevail. .