They say the sharpest knife is the one you don't see coming. For Athena it wasn't a weapon-it was a friend's smile and a boyfriend's whispered excuses. When she walked in on Samara and the man she loved, the blade of betrayal twisted in the dark, leaving her bleeding out emotionally on the street she thought was home. Athena thought that the worst day of her life was catching her boyfriend and her friend together. She was wrong. The worst day is when Samara re-emerged wanting the one thing Athena has left; Aarone-the person who taught her that some things are worth fighting for. She's not the girl crying on the bathroom floor anymore, she's now a woman rebuilt with steel and fire. A knife only works in the dark if the victim never sees it coming but Athena has learned to see in the dark and she's ready to catch the blade by the hilt this time.