"Everything was different now. I was different." Tarren is alive, barely, since he gave his soul to Sara. Now he's left to hang in the prison of the Dream Realm, only moving when he's forced to torture another innocent girl. And Sara has to watch. Even though Sara would rather Tarren have his soul and his power back, she's determined to save the little girl from having to live Sara's childhood. Seeing Tarren in the Dream Realm with his beautiful face and dead eyes only makes it more of a nightmare for both of them. And now that the Council of Souls has been re-formed, Sara's waking life is as much a nightmare as her dreams. As the Council seeks for three other souls to make Sara the Quintessence, Sara must decide just how far she's willing to go to save Tarren. Because there's only one way to take a soul... ...kill the owner of it.