While Anemone struggles to overcome her fears and tries to find a path back to a normal life, the war is being brought to her very doorstep. The odds seem stacked against her as she hides her pregnancy, fights her phobias and adopts another of Fable's creatures. Without her dragon at her side how can she hope to manage it all? Meanwhile, Drake fights his own battles--against the Fae, against Anemone's fears and against his own guilt.