Only a few hours ago, it had been New Year's night in Beggar's Hole, Maine. Nell's biggest problem had been being forced to attend a going-away party thrown by her former best friend, Michelle Ballinger. And now here she was... in the clutches of the terrifying dragon Lethe...

Theon... Could the oracle's prediction really be true? Was he mistaken all along about his chosen mate? How could it be, when he felt so deeply in his heart that she had been the one?