After being drugged and kidnapped, Tia wakes in Candall Manor. It’s when she has her first personal encounter with Cain Atanovski. Cain has been entrusted to care for Tia and is very attentive to her needs. An instant attraction ensues between the two and Tia finds herself caught between her love and devotion for Michael and her desire for Cain. A simple trip to visit her parent’s grave in New York, turns into a self discovery as a secret that her parents had concealed from her is revealed. While opening a long awaited gift from her parents, Tia discovers the formula beneath the jewelry box that held the heart shaped locket her parents had given to her. The discovery fills Tia with heartbreak and devastation. The revelation of the formula reaffirms her worst fears, that her parents were most definitely involved with Marcus.