Two weeks have passed since the Knights thwarted Ariana’s assassination plot. Since then, the Knights have been the Queen’s honored guests, but Benji has yet to come up with Step Two of Operation Take Down the Narojado, and the Kingdom’s problems seem to grow larger by the day. Skye would prefer they did not leave at all, or better yet, that she could go too. As Crown Princess, she knows she must take up the throne, but doing so will prove harder than expected as she unearths the corruption lurking beneath the Letai nobility.Riley, a Catalyst and the previous apprentice to Ariana, finds himself in a race against his old master to discover an ability no Catalyst has used in over two thousand years.Jude may be a Life Knight, but his ability to kill has never been his own. With old allies and new, he must face his past to gain control while holding onto his humanity with all he has. Kendra has always been in control of her death, but as her hold begins to unravel, she will have to seek others like her in the hellhole she once escaped.With a team as different as their abilities, will the Knights be able to decide what to do next, or will their tiny alliance shatter?