Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

by Jacquelyn Benson

She approached the unknown with the twin weapons of knowledge and rationality.

the sound amplified by her nerves.

“There was never just one of us.” Ixb’ahjun’s voice rang out through a space far larger than the washroom. “Not until the end when all the rest were dead. There were always more, so that if the wrong desire crept into one of our hearts, the others could see the path to stop it and keep the balance.”