Samhain II Summary

Sonny Flannery is perched up on the terrace of his 17th floor apartment, overlooking Central Park. Sonny is thinking about his preparation for when the Samhain Gate will open and 13 guards will separate the mortal world from the otherworld. Sonny is a changeling, which means Sonny was stolen from the mortal world as a baby and raised as a surrogate child of the Faeries, and a Janus guard.

Sonny feels a cold chill behind him in the apartment. He finds Auberon, the King of Winter of the Faeries, and the owner of Sonny's accommodations standing behind him. Auberon produces a bottle of Faerie wine and says he's there to celebrate Sonny's one-year anniversary as a Janus guard. Sonny says that it's nice but that he hasn't proven himself yet. The king says that Titania, the queen of the Seelie Court sends...