Six years have passes since Sam and Alex purged the ghost of Bartholomew Ka from his Victorian home. He's roamed the streets outside, watching them, biding his time... His opportunity for revenge comes in the form of Lanie Schnell, a fifteen-year old girl whose soul is cracked and filled with The Darkness. As Bartholomew possesses Lanie, he comes to find that he'd forgotten how sweet life is. The taste of food. The smell of flowers. The sensation of touch. Maybe living in a body isn't so bad after all... To Bartholomew's disappointment, Lanie's spirit isn't broke. He struggles for control and is forced to endure life as a teenage gurl. As he leads her down a path of hatred and deceit, further isolating her from her friends and mom, he uses Lanie to gain access to his old house-and Sam's life-no matter the cost.