Killing a Lord was just the beginning … All that Sorcha and the werewolves want to do is find a place to call home. Their numbers are reduced. They are injured, grieving, and exhausted. But in the New World, they have a new Lord to worry about. When Sorcha dreams of a town called Hope Streams, and a young girl accused of witchcraft, the pack know what they ought to do: run very far and very fast in the opposite direction. There is a Lord at work in Hope Streams, and the whole town lives in fear. But if they choose to help the people, the pack could lose far more than they know …

Did they really believe a Lord would keep his end of the bargain? The pack travel to New Amsterdam, hoping that they will finally find their leader again. But once they get there, they have a chilling choice to make. Lord Ambrose de Jong tells them that Rory will be returned to them, as promised. But only if they wait until midsummer … and only if they sacrifice another in his place. After all they have been through, they are unwilling to trust the word of a Lord – and they are certainly not prepared to do as one says. They attempt to retrieve Rory without the Lord’s help, but it begins to seem like an impossible task. Luckily for them, an old friend returns from India. And he might just have the power they need to do things their own way …