The threat of the Covra gone, the Denynso are trying to help the Light Ones pick up the pieces and move forward. As Lynx spends more time with Rain he realizes that as deeply as he loves her, he doesn't really know much about her. Together they decide that it is time that they all talk about what happened and try to understand how this situation came to be.

As they are gathering in the meeting hall with everyone else now in the settlement, two of their number are missing. No longer deeply involved in a research project, Ivy has had the chance to explore the settlement and during her time alone she has discovered Maxim, the most beautiful of the beautiful men who came from the other kingdom. While the others gather together for a meeting, Ivy and Maxim roam to the outer reaches of the settlement and then out onto the plains of Uoria.

What happens in both places will change everything and within just days they will all know far more about each other, and learn that the threats they thought were gone may be just beginning.