It is said that only the claws or sword of a pure hearted warrior can slay a dracolitch. In the aftermath of the battle with Lyrica, Manx and her friends must pick up the pieces of a broken world. The Empress is finally back in her true form, and there is finally a chance for peace in the Valdt. Yet when the Valdt needs the Dragon Empress the most, she is too focused on getting revenge. Manx and Vaskin are sent on a quest to find Lyrica at all costs and deliver her into the Empress' claws. However, Manx has doubts about her mission. Lyrica let the Empress go in the final moments of the battle when she had every chance to kill her. Can this mean that maybe Lyrica's heart isn't all evil? Manx is torn between her close friends and a former enemy whom she wishes to save, but nobody else shares her opinion. Standing for what she believes is right means betraying the Empress and abandoning her friends. Can she follow through with what she believes is right and redeem the Empress' worst enemy?