Lydia and Allen have always been a team. They can overcome any challenge togetherâso what happens when theyâre apart? Allen has gone missing in the midst of a bloody insurrection. Witnesses to the enterprising tutorâs last stand fear the worst, while the plight of his beastfolk friends and family in the east grows more desperate by the day. Lydia wants nothing more than to rush to her partnerâs aid, but with rebels occupying the capital and the opportunistic League of Principalities encroaching on her familyâs lands, the Lady of the Sword will need to do the one thing sheâs never been good atâwait. Her sister Lynne watches with growing concern as uncertainty takes its toll on her. What lines will Lydia dare to cross in her desperation to end this latest Southern War?