It takes courage to mend a shattered heart. Xavier St. Cloud is a hollow shell of a man returned from a war with memories he can't erase into a world which cannot comprehend the horrors he's endured. Emiko Nara was always the Good Daughter, but now that she's been abandoned and sent away from her home by the actions of a heartless man and the constraints of centuries old honor. Neither Xavier nor Emiko are capable of facing the world alone. But can they be brave enough to stand together?