Rebecca has all the love, support, and sunshine she ever wanted with her Guardian partner Seth at her side. The trouble starts one day when letters arrive from her deceased elven father. She has inherited a position of power and will be forced to return to a frosty homeland she swore to forget.Home is worse than she remembered. The underworld is preparing for war and the elves are divided regarding who should lead them-the immortal council or a dictatorship under Rebecca's mortal half-blood. Her grip on her safe world falls apart when Seth is thrown in prison for treason. Unable to forgive her family for the wounds inflicted upon her long ago, Rebecca is left alone with her inner demons as darkness descends. Bitter barriers consume her and she finds herself playing into the hands of the underworld she swore to destroy. Forgiveness is the only way to save her soul, and that's not something she's willing to offer.