" Nashira, hear me and step forward. Not in words, this time, but in your woman's form. The time has come for you to be restored. A favor to a favor. A Malachai once took you from this world, now the time . . . has come . . . for a Malachai to return you. With my dying breath, I free you from your slavery. I'm just sorry it took me so long to figure out how to do it." Nick "

― Sherrilyn Kenyon , Instinct (Chronicles of Nick, #6)