One day, two silent, orange-eyed teenagers, named Sky and Crow, have arrived on a raft.

While Artimé seems to continue along normally, Eva Fathom, a supposed Restorer, is spying on Quill and passing along information to Sean Ranger.

Mr. Today starts to teach Alex how to be a head mage, and devises a plan to trick Aaron.

Aaron confronts Mr. Today and kills him using five heart-attack spells that Alex invented, thus destroying Artimé.

They rescue Meghan and discover that Samheed and Lani have been captured by a neighboring island, Warbler.