During their three months in the safety of the north, Isaac and his family had time to rest and heal from their wounds. Even Gavin Stormbeck, now Gavin Uriah, has been accepted into the family, though he lives under the threat of death if he ever leaves the family's protection. But in the south, another threat is brewing. Colleen Stormbeck, Gavin's mother, has taken control of the region and rules it with the same brutality that her husband did. The team knows their new mission: they must go south and stop Colleen, by any means necessary.Despite still healing from his own trauma at the hands of his parents, Gavin goes south with the others to help make things right. He knows the danger he faces when he returns to the family he was born into - but could never imagine how far he must go to save the family he chose.