âWhen it comes to family, youâre rich⌠and Iâm dirt poor.â
Amid the intoxicating chaos of Winter Festival, attendant Dilly and Hedge Mage Fitch cross paths.
After surviving Rinâs wretched streets, Dilly aims to prove herself to Lady Elenia, who brought her back to Lacâs Holding and blessed her with a new life of comfort and luxury. Fitch seeks vengeance for a loved one, killed by a liquor that makes one vulnerable to suggestion.
But their separate goals are derailed when Dilly discovers Eleniaâs secret lover is the head of a too-ambitious kinship, and Fitch finds his own smuggler-family pressuring him into using his unique nudging abilities for mutinous deeds.
When murmurs of treason break out in Lacâs Holding, it becomes clear that only Dilly and Fitch know the truth.
The question is how they can save the city when those theyâre loyal to stand in their way.