When a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain from the guards investigate collectively. Since among the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they utilize the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. Nonetheless it soon becomes obvious that he is using them to access the reality about the palace as well as the servants’ origins.

With unrest in the village, and servants growing impatient for answers, an undercurrent of danger pervades the air. But the most dangerous man of all may end up being the king himself, because every idea factors to him understanding more than he let us on.

As tensions both in and out of the glittering Glancian court rise, the heat between your captain and Josie is a distraction. But could it be a welcome one?