After finding out all her schoolmates are possessed with the ghosts of long-dead Druids, and narrowly escaping a close call with the Vryloka, Emma is on the run with the only man she trusts-her professor, Stone Draper. What will happen once they find themselves ensconced in a small cabin, out in the middle of nowhere? Pagan isn't sure it's such a great idea to break into the Masked Magistrates with Nyx, in order to steal something-something unknown to him. But, when they get caught, and Pagan narrowly escapes, what will he do when he finds out Nyx never escaped? Jolie is still haunted by her feelings for Rand, meanwhile, her feelings for Morse are becoming more and more difficult to ignore and fight. She can't help but wonder, though, what Morse is hiding? The more she thinks about him, the more she realizes she really doesn't know who he is. And Laucian finds himself more and more taken with the vampire hunter sent to murder him. When he appeals to her to help him defend Rowan, will she take the job?