"But my hope lay there, still and silent, the eyes hidden beneath the lids that were closed. And I wanted to see those eyes so much. I wanted to see them open and look up at me with the warmth and love that they had radiated just moments before. I wanted to see them filled with life..." Blaketon University was a new start for Lottie Hope after the horrors of her last summer at Hartsmeade. She becomes a typical student, enjoying her studies, her new part time job, new friends and even a new boyfriend. But somehow she cannot forget Cal Winters and when he arrives at Blaketon she cannot pretend she feels nothing for him. The Ciar Dorchas wait in the background; they will not allow her to forget that she is a powerful Life Soul and the time has come for Lottie to be joined to her Eternal, but is it Alex or is it Cal?