A mysterious bead and a young woman's dying wish have brought D to the seashore village of Florence--a town that's perpetually stuck in winter. Summer comes to this shore but one week a year and it brings something more than just the warm weather--the sole-surviving Noble comes out of hiding too That rare bead may hold all the secrets of the Nobility and humans. With such an enticing artifact in his hand (literally ), D is doggedly pursued...