Scarlet's transgressions were enough to awaken a slumbering power to come pass judgement for itself...but she may not be the only one to pay. Scarlet had come for Fabius Dann’s honouring. Here, she comes face to face with the terrible realization that she had been duped into a fool’s errand. As Scarlet tries to make up for the terrible things that she has done, Mother senses a shift in the earth itself. The great Gold, the most powerful of all dragons, had been awakened from his centuries-long slumber. He comes to pass judgment on Scarlet for her transgressions and her sins. Unfortunately, the ways of Arkalan might demand that Mother pay for her sins aswell…