The reality contagion threatening the Melded Earths might be temporarily stable, but the unintended mating bond between Hel and Bast is anything but. Hel's link to his necromancy is drowning her in deaths. On top of that, ominous shards of stone are emerging from the earth-deadly to both their people and Hel's secrets. If Bast can't find a way to protect Hel from his power, they'll both die leaving the contagion to annihilate their world. With the Lady of Air marshalling her forces, starhounds prowling the city's streets, and their tenuous truce with the other elemental rulers crumbling, Bast is pulled in all directions as he fights to save his mate. Under attack from outside and within, they fly from court to court in desperation. Inextricably bound together, their only hope of survival lies in the same mating bond that's killing them. Shards of Stasis is book two of the Soul Court Ascension trilogy-a steamy enemies to lovers Paranormal Romance with a side of Urban Fantasy.