"Across the parking lot I meet eyes I haven't seen in years, the same shade of green as the last time I saw them. The day they disappeared." 3 years after the end of The Reckoning, Chloe is reunited with those who left her behind. But she's changed, matured. She's more powerful then they remember.

Calisle gets home and Esme is waiting for him. As they begin an intense evening, blissful and happy, giving love to each other, Renesme's guests start wolfing around for dinner. They're forced to 1) contain their burning desire and 2) avoid troubles with the kids. Easier said than done ...

There's nothing stranger than finding your wife crying on the kitchen floor, with a jar of broken pickles around her.

" The pain broke her newly restored heart in a thousand little pieces as Jack's last smile faded. She sobbed loudly when his tiny head fell upon her breast, no longer nursing. In despair, she called him when his hands ceased to clench her finger. When his heart stopped beating, so did hers. "