The important thing to remember is that no-one intended for things to turn out the way they did. At this time no-one knew what the result of the quest would be, how many would die, how many would fight. The world was peaceful then, or mostly so. And nowhere was more peaceful than Airionda, until one night in the spring.

Paulette's life is in shambles. Her sister is dead, her mother is a drunk, and she's been forced to transfer into a chaotic public school full of bullies. Things go from bad to worse when, one night while driving them home from dinner, her intoxicated mother hits and kills a teenage boy and is sent to jail. Now Paulette is truly alone. But when the teenage boy mysteriously comes back from the dead looking for Paulette, she finds herself face to face with the purest love on earth.