Five years ago Darling was a top brewer with the Alliance. Her potions were feared, her skills praised. Until a target died unexpectedly—then came back to haunt her. One morning after a vivid nightmare, Darling takes solace in the kitchen, baking to ease her troubled mind. Over scones and coffee, she unintentionally spills her guts to the Alliance psychiatrist. The doctor offers to help Darling escape the Alliance, but will she accept the offer and break free of her dark history?