Lucky knows she has some hard choices to make: will it be Jinx, the sexy Deathbringer, or Jamie, the gorgeous Guardian? But before she can even start to enjoy life in the Underlands, her sister's men are slain and Kayla herself is kidnapped by the Sicarii, assassins-for-hire member of a death-cult. They can't be working for Lucky's nemesis, for Henri le Dent is being held in the court's dungeons, at least according to court torturer Amaliel Cheriour - but the Chambers of Rectification are empty, both Amaliel and Henri have fled and it soon becomes clear that Kayla is just bait to catch Lucky. Lucky's emerging powers are growing, and Amaliel intends to use her for his own nefarious purposes - though first he has to get past her Guards, not to mention Lucky herself.