Seven years. All this time Julie, Lucia, Keryll, Sylph and their friends from the Ebony Wolves have been waging a merciless battle for control of the War Sister Order against the one who is now known as the Corrupted Matriarch. In seven years, many things have happened and unions and rivalries have been created but, in the middle of this endless chaos, young Valeïs manages without really wanting to to bring a ray of light and a touch of hope into their hearts. The problem ? A heavy secret that she herself knows nothing about seems to poison her, giving her mothers a feeling of helplessness and unprecedented guilt.