After discovering that the series of mysterious happenings around her all point to the criminal organization Daeg Gallus, it dawns on Connie just how much danger she's in. She tries to keep her best friend at a distance...but it's all for naught when Kate is kidnapped! Connie must leap into action to save her, though she's not the only one on the move--the reporter Amelia Hobbes has dug up some nasty details about Crown Princess Cecilia's birth, and the merchant Vado is putting his own shady plans in motion...