Queen Rhea takes back the crown, and former queen Jillian has trouble finding her place in fae society. When being just another faerie princess has zero appeal, and after trying some grand but annoying magical experiments, Jillian receives the royal fae equivalent of being told to go outside to play.

After coming to realize that the Otherwhere could very well be the rightful home of the fae, Jillian wants to explore more of it. But there's a problem. The powerful inhabitants of a nearby city basically control the Otherwhere, giving the fae little choice but to hide away in slips or live on Earth.

Not being able to safely live in the Otherwhere is unacceptable to Jillian, so like she did to end the Great Curse, she assembles a team, this time to infiltrate the nearby city. She wants to try to learn enough about it to establish friendly relations. It sounds like a good idea, but there's yet another problem. The city has a dark secret, and unless Jillian and her friends figure out that secret, they might never leave.