What happens when the war is done? When all that hope, confusion and anger is gone, and all you have left is that feeling of emptiness? You forget how much two years of hurt and betrayal can change a person. Takes place after the Scarlet Guard finally is able to spread equality for all. They should be celebrating, but what is Cal and Mare to do with the forgotten prince?

Our lives depend on our choices, so what if Mare Barrow chose differently the day Maven offered her a pardon and the chance to becoming his Red Queen? Not all choices are what they seem, and neither are people. Mare/Maven, Mare/Cal