ARDEN has nightmares of dying, but instead she wakes up to a different sort of horror-the kind where you don't remember who you are, or where you are. When she looks in the mirror, she doesn't recognize the face, only the tell-tale scar and bruises to hint that something awful has happened. Her fractured memory strangely forces her to relive the missing moments in sequence, gradually revealing that she has paid a terrible price not only to save her life, but to unleash abilities no ordinary human would have. Her choice has led her into the ranks of a secretive and ancient entity, but Darkness stalks her. Something has been taken from her that must be restored; for if she were to lose it, her very soul could be severed into half, to endure an agony where death could only be a welcome end.