Although there is a dark shadow that haunts her past, Elise dug deep and left the darkness behind her. When she was captured by the AllFather, kidnaped and kept in stasis until Merrick found her she never thought she would survive. Then a miraculous thing happened. Somehow she and Merrick created an artificial bond. Now Elise is turned upside down from all the emotions she carries and the attachment she has to the half-breed Kindred.