After Zoey and Stark awaken on Skye, they stay there for three weeks. Zoey finds herself reminiscing about Heath and missing him, but her new connection to Stark makes her forget about Heath (almost). Zoey finds out that she wields the ancient magick of the fey and can bring back old fey that serve her elements, prompting Queen Sgiach to ask her to stay on Skye indefinitely and be her successor. While Aphrodite and Darius leave Skye, Zoey and Stark decide to stay a little longer while Stark recuperates. Neferet returns to the House of Night and kills Jack as a sacrifice for Darkness, in exchange for having trapped Kalona in the Otherworld. Zoey understands that one can't hide from Darkness and returns to Tulsa for the funerals, willing to fight for her home.

Exonerated by the Vampyre High Council and returned to her position of High Priestess at Tulsa’s House of Night, Neferet has sworn vengeance on Zoey. Dominion over Kalona is only one of the weapons she plans to use against Z. But Zoey has found sanctuary on the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over for her there. Being Queen would be cool, wouldn’t it? Why should she return to Tulsa? After losing her human consort, Heath, she will never be the same – and her relationship with her super-hot-warrior, Stark, may never be the same either…

And what about Stevie Rae and Rephaim? The Raven Mocker refuses to be used against Stevie Rae, but what choice does he have when no one in the entire world, including Zoey, would be okay with their relationship? Does he betray his father or his heart?