Night Music is set in 2005, shortly after Thanksgiving. Neal has returned to New York after having spent the holiday in France with Sara. See Cloister of Secrets for details.
Warning for spoilers to earlier Crossed Lines stories
Neal and Peter have been friends with Dean and Sam Winchester for several months. Summaries of their previous cases, as well as the supernatural beings that figure in the stories, are in my blog post, The Road So Far.
Electra: Also known as Astrena, Queen of the Stars. The Greek goddess of witches and vampires. Currently masquerading as Electra Stavrou, owner of the Elysian Bookstore in New Haven, Connecticut. Although not a vampire, she establishes links to mortals by drinking their blood. Electra can enter the minds of her victims psychically and feed on the creative energy inside. She relies on vampires to harvest blood. Electra had established links to both Neal and Sam, but they are now severed. (See Night Howls on the Hudson for details).
Maia: Elevated by Electra to be one of her "sisters," Maia was born in the first century BC. Her mother was a Druid priestess. When she was a young girl, she was abducted by Electra and taken to Greece. She ascended to the rank of demi-goddess when she came of age. Maia fell in love with Sam and is trying to shed her old ways. She no longer drinks blood, and, as a result, memories of her past life have resurfaced. Maia entered into a pact with the demon Crowley to protect Sam, Dean, Chloe and their friends and was working secretly to protect her friends from Electra. In Night Howls on the Hudson, Maia became mortal. In Columbia Ghost Story, Electra became infuriated by Maia's efforts to protect Neal. The goddess erected a wall in Maia's brain behind which are stored all her memories of her life with Electra. Maia now believes the fake background Electra invented, where Maia was adopted by the Stavrou family in London and Electra is her older sister. Maia believes Crowley is Electra's business manager and doesn't realize he's a demon.
Thanatos: Electra's younger brother. Thanatos rules over Oblivion a shadowy underworld which is the domain of vampires and witches after they die as well as vengeful spirits. Recently Thanatos succeeded in creating a rift from Oblivion into the upper world (Columbia Ghost Story). He's currently masquerading as Quint Worland, a computer science student at Columbia University. Quint is a member of SETI. He serves on Mozzie's extraterrestrial slime sub-committee. Thanatos despises Electra for having killed his lover and is seeking revenge.
Chloe Bishop: Chloe and Dean met in Whispers of the Night and are in a relationship. Chloe has been researching Wicca as background for an upcoming novel. She has a famous ancestor—Bridget Bishop—who was the first person executed for witchcraft in Salem. Chloe's heroine in her novels solves crimes through her knowledge of herbs and potions, and Chloe is determined to make herself an expert, too. She's joined several Wicca covens to advance her knowledge. She is currently working for a publishing house in New York City. In Night Howls on the Hudson, she learned that she is related through Bridget Bishop to a witch who lived in Ireland around 1800, Harriet Beaufort. She also is apparently related to Maia. Maia was as shocked as Chloe by the news. Both Maia and Chloe are descendants of Airmid, an ancient Irish druidess/goddess who is famous for her knowledge of herbal lore. Dean is uncomfortable with the thought that Chloe is a witch, but she and Maia are embracing their newfound abilities.
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