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Cho-Cho San (Butterfly), a young Japanese girl, marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a young US Navy lieutenant and is denounced by her family for forsaking their ancestral religion. When he leaves her to return to his world, Butterfly confidently and patiently awaits his homecoming. Three years later, Pinkerton’s ship finally anchors in the harbor again, but Butterfly does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.

After her mother's death in 1857, Leyla's only links with her heritage and family are a letter and her last name—Pemberton. Resolved to seek out her past, she travels from London to the brooding countryside mansion of Pemberton Hurst. Leyla longs to find a loving family, but more important, she needs to uncover the truth of her past. But the Pembertons seem strangely reluctant to discuss family history, and the house feels smothered by the weight of untold secrets.

Against Tember’s orders, Aiden, Eliza, and Dyson sneak into the Dream Realm. They want to save their friend, but instead, they snag the attention of Sureen in an explosion of mighty magic. Not everyone returns home. Scared for her mother in the afterlife, Kat and the witches rush to the Death Realm to hide Janine. Over her dead body will her mother, a captive among the rest, be used in Corbin’s plans.

The first battle is over and the people of the realms grieve for the fallen. Meanwhile, Aiden, Eliza, Kat, and Dyson return to the Earth Realm, fleeing accusations of war mongering, while Tember and Jaemes venture toward the elf tribes in seek of aid. They’ll need numbers for the coming battle and they’re not above fighting to get what they need. But no matter where they go, nowhere is safe. The enemy Fee have many traps waiting, and their victories seem only to bring more heartache, highlighting the terrifying truth that the enemy has them right where they want them.