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...