Edwin presses for travel to his home clan of Cape Cod where The Rite of the Select will take place. Philip accompanies the siblings, though his future with Calia is uncertain. Adahy is part-Band but in his heart he is Iroquois. He must accept the sins of his past and a passion for a broken female he cannot deny. The legacy of war, protection and survival are all he knows. When Elise finds the only tender part of him, he leaves the sphere to escape his own vulnerability. When a third evil emerges unexpectedly during their journey, and the Travelers devise new methods of interfering with their world, Adahy and Elise come together to accept the new challenge to their survival. Can Calia and Philip be together? Or will a new scheme introduced by others foil their chance at happiness? Is Adahy strong enough to overcome his perceived guilt to embrace love with someone as fractured as himself....