The relationship between Andy and Jake culminates in their wedding, though they have little time to celebrate as the Directorate wants the power artifacts created by the witch Melody, destroyed as soon as possible. At the same time, Andy's Mom, Queen Persephone, is growing more determined to rein in what she sees as the destruction of the Earth by human greed and recklessness. Andy is having a hard time dissuading her mother from unleashing the modern equivalent of the Black Death to drastically reduce human population pressures on the planet.