Lucan the Argetallam Prince confides his darkest guilt to a slave in the halls of the Argetallam palace, and Janir wakes to find herself in a strange room with strange people and no memory of how she got there.

Janir finds herself recaptured and brought to the Lord Argetallam. But surprisingly, he seems more interested in winning her over than interrogation.

Despite her captors' threats to kill her best friend if she attempts escape, Janir is desperate. Her only hope to avoid being taken back to her father is to risk it, even if it means a death sentence for Karile.

Taken captive, Janir is a little surprised to find that the Argetallams seem more interested in making her one of them than treating her like a prisoner.

Janir comes face to face with one of her father's most trusted generals and must decide whether to risk Karile's life in another escape attempt, or accept her fate in hopes of saving him.

Janir and Karile have escaped the Argetallams, but they aren't the only predators lurking in the snowy mountains.

Janir has learned that rescue doesn't always come when or from whom she would like, but with the Argetallams determined to take her back to Adasha, she might have to save herself.

Janir never expected to be captured in the safety of her childhood home, but the Lord Argetallam's reach stretched farther than she expected.

Janir has caught a spy, but has been caught by one in the process. She runs to Saoven for help and soon realizes that she and the intruder aren't the only ones with secrets.

Janir has been left out of this battle, but soon the captives and casualties return to Castle Caersynn while Janir finds herself faced with a suspicious character who seems vaguely familiar.