The Royal Ball ended in a bloody showdown. Madame Veronica, the saint, the Called One, is now in all the newspapers and in all the salons, they adore her, they hate her, they want to make friends with her, they want to make money from her. And naturally, they want to kill her - there is too much attention for some Summoned One, and the next thing you know, the Supreme Council and the king will start listening to her. They are preparing for war abroad, and they are hiding well the second Called, who could become a big problem. But at the moment, the main problem for Mrs. Veronica is her dear friend Kan Shannon, who is confident that the Summoned One belongs only to him, and if anyone does not agree with this, then many unpleasant surprises await him.