Forced to bury their heartbreak and loss, Ember and Evadne prepare to leave for the Moores. But when unusually horrific nightmares plague Ember, and Evadne is attacked, they sense a deeply sinister force at work. Someone is pulling the strings to drag them down a darker path. Their quest to save Faye could be doomed from the start, luring them into an elaborate trap. Meanwhile, desperate to escape, Faye has devised a dangerous ruse to get out of Jeremiah's compound. When things go horribly wrong, Ronan finally reveals the painful truth that binds their fates. As they endure Jeremiah's growing madness, will Faye allow his revelation to drive them apart, or will it strengthen their fragile alliance in the midst of the rising storm?