After a riveting question and answer session with Shade, Fii's starting to grasp what the root of all her problems is...but she's still a few slices short of the whole loaf. Now she must confront the unexpected mastermind behind Liliana's abduction. But Liliana refuses to cooperate with the rescue plan—in fact, she's trying to take her own life! Can Fii persuade her to live another day? And why are both the captor and the victim so desperate to bring Fii back to the upper crust?