Liars are in need of good allies. Southampton, 1786: Since being tossed from his ancestral family home at thirteen and falling in with a swindler, Sebastian has been fighting to preserve life and limb any way he can. While ingratiating himself with Lady Wandsworth and her thousands of pounds, Sebastian meets another roguish charmer, Nathanial, and at his side, the pretty but deadly Anne. Sebastian's world is abruptly changed as he is introduced to imagination-defying ideas and is snared in an international swindle involving the Queen of France's diamond necklace. Sebastian is drawn to Nathanial and his worldly, experienced ways, until Anne reveals the truth about him and the necklace... ___ As always Tracy pulls out stops so we can't quite work out who's done what, just when I thought I knew what and who was to blame things changed. While Nial, Winter and Sebastian are on their honeymoon, Nial relates the story of how he once lied and broke his promise. In his own words, Nial describes the horrors of war, and the tangled ideals of loyalty, while revealing the conflict he feels over the long existence of a vampire and the much shorter but sweeter life of humans - especially one of his most favourite humans, Sebastian. A short story filled with anger, remorse...and love.