Despite the breaking of the Fellowship, Lessien's story continues on with her remaining companions. When the group encounters Gandalf again, it appears that her role in the oncoming war is much more important than she ever imagined. As she figures out who she is to be to the good forces of Men, Lessien and the rest of her group travel to Edoras where they aid King Theoden against the threats that Rohan faces. But as more and more is revealed of what Lessien is to do to save Middle Earth, she finally sees all that she has to lose. The cost of being a hero is high. The question rises, what is she willing to let go in order to win this war?

She was an accident. That's what she really was. Born a royal. Raised a commoner. An insignificant girl, born to have children and make her future husband happy. Never would she imagine that her father was a cast out king and her mother the daughter of a lord. Never would she imagine that she could be raised to be so much more; a warrior, a princess, or whatever she wanted to be. Never had she been told this as a child because she had been just that, a child. She would never have a perfect childhood and never would she be able to have that special bond with her parents. And all because she was a mistake. All because she was the product of a forsaken romance. All because she was forbidden.