Book excerpt: Blago was almost relieved when she discovered a dead body—it would get her out of the terrible blind date she was stuck on. It did, but it also got her into a mess of trouble with a serial killer, her best friend’s new girlfriend, and Toronto’s magical mob. Instead, Blago, a witch with no training and no familiar, wound up coerced into investigating a serial killer preying on members of Toronto’s magical community, sucking their magic out of them. Between her investigation and attacks from the magical mob, who are convinced she's working for the killer, Blago finds herself facing down more than one new enemy on the streets of Toronto’s gay village, with her life—and the lives of her friends—on the line.