The end of a war has left a land in ruin. The very ones that run from evil will become it.

War left Elidia broken, but true danger is just beginning to emerge. The ones who have passed are quickly forgotten. Those who survive wish to die.

Chained to a fate worse than death, Aurora spends her days wishing for her destiny to end. The only thing life has left to give her is pain. The only ones who hear her screams are the jagged rocks of her cave.

Only one thing can save her: the past she so wanted to forget.

Thrust into the arms of a forest once again, Aurora reverts to the girl she was ten years ago: blindly free, living in an illusion she can only lie to herself to believe. Yet she cannot stop thinking about the choices she has made, some of which may be her very undoing.

Death has claimed many, and will claim many more. Sophrodine is shattered. The world is holding its breath, awaiting evil any second. In this second installment of the Shapeshifters series by Felicia Xie, the cost of freedom is high — so high that some cannot pay for it.