Selah has found her happily ever after—and left it behind. After enduring deception and humiliation at the hands of one prince, Selah never imagined she’d find real love with Torden of Norge. Or that she’d be banished from his court as a traitor and a spy. That heartbreak nearly pales in comparison to her crew’s betrayal. The Beholder’s true mission was a secret they didn’t trust Selah to keep: transporting weapons to rebels fighting against the Imperiya Yotne’s brutal regime. Their next port is Shvartsval’d, where the tsarytsya’s shadow looms dark—a place Selah hoped she would never have to go. But gone is the girl who departed Potomac filled with fear. Now, with a stockpile of weapons belowdecks and another prince waiting in the next port, Selah is determined to see the Beholder’s quest to its end. Through vanishing princesses, midnight revels, and an impenetrable city of stone, Selah’s course is finally her own.