Avery has no one to hold her back, but it isn't what's outside that she is deathly afraid its what she is that holds her in her isolation, the fear that if she lets go, loses her concentration the consequences for anyone close to her will be catastrophic. After a year of desperately trying to subdue her true nature and feeling utterly alone in the world, she takes a chance and seeks the new beacon that has been pulling at her curiosity, The Nemeton. But will the Nemeton give her what she want or the people living around it?