cott Madison, heartbroken by his first true love’s betrayal, tries to immerse himself in the rigors of academic and athletic life at Briarwood Academy. Late at night, however, when everything is silent and his mind has the chance to wander, it strays toward the glen, toward her, toward the intimacy they shared…

Tessa Laughlin, imprisoned for treason against the magical world, finds herself freezing, scared…and ill. Pleas for medical attention go unanswered until the day of her court hearing, when she collapses on the stand and is taken to St. Stephens hospital for a battery of tests…

The results of those tests will change everything, and it will be up to Scott to try to put things right. But putting things right is sometimes a difficult thing to do, especially when you’re just eighteen, with college on the horizon. And if that wasn’t bad enough, Simon Spellman is still in the picture, still obsessed with Tessa and still intends to have her for his own…