i learned that the three men who tried to kill him were dead . she knew deep down inside that she had never loved jake , at least not the way you are supposed to love the man you are going to spend the rest of your life with . if she could snap her bond with the dead , then maybe she could cut off the power at its source . ivy had n't been there since her sixth-grade field trip , and she 'd forgotten what an amazing place it was . events are moving faster than expected . 