Ariel finally settles into life on Atramento Peak, but her safety doesn't end there. There's a powerful person out to find her now that he knows where she is, and other unusual forces are out to get her and her powers. Deltra also has dark secrets of his own to deal with, and it seems that something from his past is trying to get to him...
Deltra rests at a gas station and thinks about his friendships and Ariel's. He soon realizes that Ariel grew up isolated. Suddenly he notices a stranger driving by...