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At home, Amma’s parents and fiancé are happy to see her. Her fiancé, Cedric Caldor, is a brute, though. Her parents have to produce timber from their lands for the crown, but taxing the people and accepting her bride price from Cedric will save their lands. Amma is upset by this.

after a drunken night in the tavern, Damien confronts Amma with her real name: she’s the daughter of the Baron of Faebarrow.

After leaving the forest with the elves, they have a moment camping out together where she almost seduces him, but it doesn’t work out. He decides he doesn’t want to kill her upon arrival at the destination, but they’re taking the Lux Codex. Upon arriving at the village, the find a pub, Too Deep Inn.

Road trip. They use bloodmagic to find an idol, and run into Elves faking a haunting, and try to teach them how to be scarier instead.

In the swamp, they are attacked by Werewolves. They hide, but get given away, but Amma has a silver blade. He uses it to defend them and then tells her that she could be free of him, but she points out she’s in a swamp and at risk. He thanks her for having it.

Damien takes her and Kaz on a journey to Eirengaard, and Kaz calls Amma a prostitute. Amma is offended by this, but Damien explains she has lower morals as a thief. He tells Kaz that Amma absorbed the talisman they need at the Capitol, and he will kill he prince they arrive, but must take a detour, which Kaz hates.

Everybody at the temple rushes to serve Damien, and they conjuring an Imp named Kaz. Amma is taken to a small room, given all the amenities and food, but Damien won’t let her leave or talk to anybody, or allow her wine.

They begin the journey to Eirengaard. She notices he’s the Lord of Aszath Koth.

He almost killed her to get the talisman back but the sides to keep her alive as he learns her or origin. She’s just a human trying to get the scroll and he introduces himself as a half demon, and she doesn’t quite believe it at first