(Book 3) After returning to Emerald without Cole, L and Roddy are forced to adjust to life inside pack walls for the first time in over a decade. With Cole's life on the line and the Council after L to pay for her botched execution, tensions are high as the group fights to survive the oncoming storm between Emerald and those who wish harm upon L and the people who were loyal to her. Daring decisions must be made to protect loved ones. Love is challenged when history is dredged up and exposed, and L must make sacrificial decisions for herself and for Emerald: is she willing to put her sanity and life second in order to save the people she loves?