Emotions run high as Chloe and Lloyd make their way home from Freddy's dinner party. What starts as an intimate evening filled with good food and meaningful conversation leads to something deeper. For the first time, Chloe dares to ask Lloyd about his past, but what he reveals threatens to shake even her faith in humanity. Just as Chloe musters the courage to bare her own secrets, danger strikes. The thugs who attacked Chloe on her first day in the capital are back, they've set their sights on the elite knight who humiliated them, and this time they've brought reinforcements. Outnumbered—but not outmatched—can Lloyd protect them both? And will Chloe remain a bystander, or find the strength to fight for herself and the man who's come to mean so much to her?