Carinia has been sheltered all her life, raised to be a hunter...a Shade in her lord X'heve's army. Trained in all forms of combat, she itches to be out in the world completing missions and getting stronger so she can cross over to Neveah and stand by X'heve's side. Finally she gets her chance to prove herself. However, the world is not all that she has been raised to believe, nor is she what she thought she was. With everything planned from her creation to her mortal end, will she have any control over her own life? Will she get the chance to live her life and fight her destiny, or will she be plunged into the darkness?