After watching associates destroy themselves over something that was not meant to be, Alexei Tremmel made himself a promise. If it was not meant to be, then he would let it go. That is until he met Kirsten Tivon. Now there is nothing he would not do, no one he would not destroy to win her back, even if that someone is Kirsten. The last few years have been anything but easy for Kirsten. Just as she thinks life is settling down, it throws her another curveball, and that's only the beginning. Pain, lies, hidden love, betrayal and unimaginable loss. How much pain can one woman endure before she breaks, and who will be left in the aftermath to pull her back from the edge?