“All you can do is try your best, Isla. And never let your mind convince you that empathy is a mistake, because it will try. If you can face the mirror, look yourself in the eye, and admit that you’re doing everything you can to make the lives of as many people as possible as good as it can be, then you’re doing your job to the best of your ability. And even if everybody doesn’t see that—and everyone will not see that—at least you can rest your head at night knowing it to be true.”

A serial killer is plaguing the once utopic Kingdom of Isle, and the Queen is being berated by her citizens for not doing anything about rising body count. Makenna isn’t allowing her daughter to remain sidelined through these trying times. She’s showing her, first-hand, what it takes to be a leader people could count on, whether Isla is ready for it or not. This responsibility will solely rest on her shoulders one day, whether she likes it or not. So alongside her mother and a trusted advisor, Isla is tasked with finding the individual ruining the peace in their Kingdom, ending their reign of terror, and bringing them to justice, once and for all.

Elsewhere in Rhean, Devon continues the quest that found her climbing up Mount Procella and confronting the Warlock. She’s trekking through the small island country, en route to its southern border, where she hopes to reunite with her sister after all these years. The young Prince that she took the journey north with is nowhere to be found at this time, no matter how many resources Isla and the Queen expend in search of their beloved Leon.