Wendy has wrestled the monster in her head into a corner where she hopes to keep it at bay. Thanks to her and the other fighters, Shelter is safe, but the victory didn't come without loss. During the Writing on the Wall-a tribute to the dead-Mike announces his plan to after Pelton and his people. Wendy is the first to volunteer. But Jeff has other ideas. He asks Wendy and a few other trusted fighters to join him on a team that will go in before the main force and wreak havoc in the complex. The price? Wendy has to lie to the rest of her friends and pretend to date Jeff to cover for the time...

Reeling from the fall of Shelter, and mourning the loss of too many friends, Wendy and the battered survivors must leave their broken home in search of another. As Jeff tries to keep the council together, Wendy rallies the remaining fighters in their defense, but more deaths and a clash of wills divide the people. Some insist they fight, others wish to run while a growing number desire to surrender to the Primate, falsely believing he will show them mercy. Up until now, Wendy has been able to slash her way out of anything, but her knives prove useless as hunger, disease and discord threaten...

Lysandra Blake may have thwarted Mason's plan to bring magic back into the world, but she and her friends are far from safe. With the touch seal leaking waves of unstable power, and Mason trying to break more users, they are fighting an uphill battle. An uneasy alliance with the New isn't enough, so Ayden asks Kamau to reach out to his tribe. The tribes are secretive, paranoid and more apt to kill outsiders than listen to anything they say, but when Mason's touch users exhibit powers beyond the norm, Kamau agrees. Lys and the rest are thrust into a world of hidden powers and drastic...

Inez hates being used, but until she fulfills her contract with Larry, a dirty ex-cop gone private detective, she's trapped. He has evidence that links her with a murder, and she has an unnatural ability to persuade people do to what she wants. The power is more of a curse than a gift, leaving Inez with a void in her mind that only Meth addicts can understand. When Larry asks her to work a missing persons case without recovery time, she says no. But the price Larry offers, her freedom more than a year early, is too enticing to ignore. Little does she realize that the missing kid, Peter, has...

Sixteen-year-old Lysandra Blake is forced to question her sanity after attempting to rip her mother's eyes out of their sockets. The doctors want to know why she did it. Lys has no idea where this Need came from, she just wants it to go away. Lys is about to give up, when the mysterious Jeremiah Mason appears. He assures Lys that she's not crazy, she's addicted to a rare and deadly drug she swears she's never used. He offers hope, in the form of his recovery facility. Afraid of who she will hurt next, Lys agrees to go. At the old hospital, Lys finds that the other addicts have even more...