Meanwhile, back in the Afterverse...old secrets resurface and new loves are kindled. As the first General of the Conglacio and head of the second house, Oscar pretty much keeps a low profile. He rules his family quietly and he watches the bastard prince, Gabe, for signs of him throwing Casha's kingdom down the drain. As one of Casha's closest confidantes, he's dedicated to preserving the kingdom and returning the true heir to the throne. Uriel, daughter of the third house of Conglacio, a beautiful and sexy creature, who had been coddled and protected most of her life, has a very special secret even she doesn't know about. A meeting at the palace with the bastard prince brings Oscar into her limited world and her life gets turned upside down, for the better. Oscar, seeing the beauty, cannot figure out why she looks so familiar, but has to have her, and it's her past that is going to dictate their future.