After months on the run, Allie returns to Cimmeria Academy to find the school in turmoil. The atmosphere is thick with danger. Overshadowing it all is Nathaniel. He is close – very close – to getting everything he wants.A secret civil war is tearing the British political elite apart. And Allie’s family is in the thick of it. Both sides want her. She knows Nathaniel will take her by any means necessary. But she is determined to fight him to the end.Her friends are ready to stand by her – even to die for her. But if anything happens to them she won’t be able to live with herself.The fightback starts here. Everything is at stake now. The winner takes all…