Her aunt's been abducted. Her mother is missing. Her enemy is waiting. And the person she counted on for help is dead. Too late to free the Faerie Queen, Petra Godfellow and her allies face a terrible choice: Either Petra surrenders and swears to serve James Oberon, or he will torture her Aunt Penny. If she agrees to James's demands, the Faerie kingdom will be restored... with James on its throne, and Petra condemned to eternal servitude. Any alternative abandons Penny to torture and her mother to an unknown fate. Unless, of course, the Cat chooses to intervene...