Quinn is an empath-but if anyone finds out she will be killed. Her father Baron Sammah has used her abilities to fortify his position in the court at the royal city of Everfell. As Quinn starts to question Sammah's motives the young Lord Eden arrives at the court, and Quinn's life is turned upside down. As Sammah begins to make his move on the crown he has coveted for so long he threatens to expose Quinn for the outsider she is. Can Quinn stop Sammah before he closes his fist around the Everfell crown, without losing her love - or her life?

Exiled from the lands of Everfell, Quinn the empath tries to make a life for herself in the islands of Sha’sek–but no matter where she goes, she cannot escape what she was born to be. The Sea of Sighs will awaken an ability in Quinn that even her father had not anticipated. As the powers of the two kingdoms gather, each will want to use Quinn for its own purposes. If Quinn wants peace, she will have to fight for it.

The Beach of Bones could not kill her, and the Sea of Sighs did not destroy her. What will happen to Quinn when she finally submerges herself in the mythological Well of Tears? Quinn is being sent back to Everfell as a peace offering, to become a pawn in the political games of three men. But Quinn has other ideas. She wants to stop the conflict before a single sword is swung—but can she do it alone? Quinn may have to face all her fears in a showdown with the one man that has manipulated her entire life—the apath Baron Sammah. In Everfell, and the home of the Well of Tears, Quinn will finally confront everything she knows about herself, her adoptive family, and the man who claims to be her father. It will end in the Well of Tears.