The Phantom has escaped Paris and has traveled to America. With his dreams of writing music burned in the great fire, he focuses on the one thing he is still good at, terror. But when he meets someone on one of his patrols, he realizes he may not be as alone as he thought he was.
The Phantom endures an enormous amount of stress during the fire and from his heartbreak. The moment he is able to retreat to his hideaway in peace, he suffers a massive stroke leaving him incapable of speaking, eating, or moving. He had accepted that he was going to die where he had fallen. Fortunately for him, one of those ballet rats happened to be nosy after the fire. Amelie creeps down into the liar and hears Erik's moans. Though she is frightened, Amelie goes to aid him.
Will Erik survive? If he does, what will become of their relationship?