Introduction: In the Company of Vampires (Dark Ones #8) Fran was a young witch of 16 when she became Ben鈥檚 Beloved, bound to him by fate to save his immortal soul鈥攁s if puberty isn鈥檛 hard enough. Over the next five years, she fights hard for space, and time, to grow into her own person, pushing Ben away. But when her mother goes missing, she returns to GothFaire to find her, only to find Ben in another woman鈥檚 arms. Having not only to face Ben鈥檚 secrets, but also a vengeful Norse god, will Fran be able to find out what has really happened to her mother, and to her own heart, in time?...