50 YEARS OF TORTURE. 50 years spent under Amarantha's thumb. 50 years of learning to squash any hope that ever flared in her chest. And after a while, she became accustomed to it. She learned to familiarise herself with hurt, because that's all she had. But then came along some human girl. And everything changed. Meira was free. And now, that seemed like a fate worse than death. Under the Mountain changed her. But having a home might be the thing that finally kills her.