Jade is pregnant with her first child with Noah. What should have been a happy ending quickly becomes an unpredictable ride filled with doubts, physical warning signs, and emotional turmoil. As she tries to cling to her dream of a loving family, she feels control slowly slipping through her fingers. What if this isn't a fairy tale, but a nightmare from which she can't wake up?
 Meanwhile, Ivy is trying to find new direction in her life. She's studying criminology, sharing her days with Lucas—the inspector who once rescued her from her ex-loverboy—and finally seems to have everything in order. But something dark simmers beneath the surface. New connections feel too familiar, old wounds flare up, and her own desires are causing her to falter once more.
 In hidden corners of her new life lurk threats she never saw coming.
 And as she clings to who she has become, the past quietly creeps back.