Just over a month after announcing their engagement, Echo and Stratus return to Castle Vulpterus to find the noble houses more at each other's throats than ever. With the entire Realm on the very brink of war, even Echo's power seems to be advancing out of control, almost taking on a life of its own.
Plots to overthrow the Royal Regime become entangled with even more marriages, as their alliance gains powerful new allies that have been spurned by the king and his followers, and those within and without begin to show their true colours under the pressure.
As they begin to stack up, losses and casualties prompt Echo to wonder: is the change they seek to bring to the Realm even worth the cost?
Plots to overthrow the Royal Regime become entangled with even more marriages, as their alliance gains powerful new allies that have been spurned by the king and his followers, and those within and without begin to show their true colours under the pressure.
As they begin to stack up, losses and casualties prompt Echo to wonder: is the change they seek to bring to the Realm even worth the cost?
