Jace and Liliana's unfinished business haunts them both. Attraction, love, truth, lies, trust and mistrust, the same things that had always governed the starcrossed lovers. Neither of them have the strength to fight anymore, nor the desire.

Gisa, Geralf, and Ludevic are trapped in a church by a number of horrifying abominations; worse, Geralf finds himself pining after the other necroalchemist.

On the run from her arch rival, Garruk Wildspeaker, Liliana seeks out the help of her old flame, Jace Beleren. Things are difficult, as the planeswalkers soon find out. Who is the beastmage working for, because who ever it is, is on a mission to control Ravnica. Liliana and Jace soon see that things are not always as they seem, including each other.