Sidney ends up in a secret center of alchemists because her family didn’t accept her choice. Desperately, she tries to make contact with the outside world, but all her efforts are futile. With no hope of help from elsewhere, she decides to use deception to win the favor of her jailers and draw closer to freedom. But will she be able to rely on support from other prisoners who consider her an outsider? Will she survive the brutal trials and see daylight again?
Meanwhile, Adrian—who has lost contact with Sidney—can’t enter her dreams with magic. Desperate, he returns to Pennsylvania to his parents, where life at court distracts him from his search. He almost loses the chance to see Sidney again, but in the end he doesn’t lose her.