Rhea's life as Countess Ambras truly begins. With the title comes responsibility. The first duty to be attended to is the interment of her almost betrothed. Not everything is simple however, and following the mores of funerary fashion put her into hospital, survival is questionable as bullets are removed from her body. Rhea's otherworldly guardian angel still doesn't appear to have deserted her however, as allies come in to her life in time for the greatest challenge to date, even if hands from beyond the pale are required to shape those allies into acceptable forms, forms that can be used when the need demands. The skills of healing, of empathy and of otherworldly knowledge unfold with each crisis, each near death experience brings its own unique skill-set, the only question Rhea can't answer, will she live long enough to learn all she needs to know in order to survive.