Zedekiah Engleton is on the run, betrayed, accused of wrong doing, only his best friend who sits in the highest of places can clear him, but that takes time. A man of exemplary skills, he has found a place to stay with a reclusive woman living in a community named Perge, where the citizens turn their head at the sins of their neighbors. Past experience have not taught him to deal with a head strong woman nor the innocent workings of a child. Now his heart will soften, all because of the love of a child. When Lily is taken he and the woman must end their differences and find her before it is too late.