A suspenseful ending to the first of the three Hidden Heritage stories. Tabitha Devins was not sure things could get any worse. Her venture through a portal into a new world to find her mother has taken a deadly turn. She is being held hostage by her father and kept imprisoned with a man she hates and her options seem limited. Her mother's brief appearance has left her with the task of finding out how her father and older brother manage to control the deadly black elves that are ravaging the world. As she delves into the truth behind the black elves, she finds a strange tie to her own world and realizes that the answer to saving this world may lie back home. As the death toll rises, father raises the ante and challenges her to either acquiesce to his demands or one by one, lose all she loves. Her time is running out and she has to put her trust in someone and the only option seems to be the man who betrayed her. Tabitha finds herself caught in an elaborate web that will take all of her courage and her budding powers to break free. Escape seems the only option but the noose is tightening. She finds herself tapping into powers that she has spent a lifetime hiding. She learns that making allies with people she cannot trust seems to be the key to negotiating her way to freedom.