After a short return to visit her mother in her rural hometown of Black Oak Grove, Lily Brennanfalk quickly feels the Pull, an insistent demand that she return to the Vale. She had planned on going back anyway, since the Vale would not allow Rannoch-or any other Fae from the Vale-to leave its boundary. Lily knew she wanted a future with Rannoch, and to be together, that meant saying goodbye to her human life. What she didn't know was that the Vale wouldn't have let her stay in Black Oak Grove regardless of what she chose, and that Silvanis, Opius's henchman, would be hunting her the moment she stepped back through the passage. Hell-bent on completing the bargain that Opius had struck with Dashelle, Silvanis pursues her with unmatched fury.

Even with the threat of capture, it's not enough to deter Lily. Torn by guilt over the loss of Josie, Naiya's sacrifice and the Syrenni's unending servitude, as well as her choice to leave her previous life behind, Lily decides to change things in Alternis, to change everything.

Pull of the Vale is the second full length novel in the Vale Born series.