In addition to leading House Aren and Eryn's own project in Takhan she also has to care for the new family addition - and all this while her companion is absent, gone up north to free Malriel from the claws of a foreign jurisdiction.Enric is not only suffering from nightmares which are not his own but also under the third level commitment bond that turns his separation from his family into an even greater ordeal. He is determined to take care of the matter in Pirinkar as swiftly as possible and finally be able to return to his partner. And to his son, who was born somewhat sooner than expected.