Neal, Tory and Seth recover from their run-in with the Talpids. Sethmourns the loss of his familiar and his mandolin, but gives Neal someimportant information about why he was trapped in Hildegard for solong.

Once they've gathered what there is, Neal leads the other two throughthe picture to the Delphic Castle, intent on making sure the spellbookisn't used for King Delphic's purpose.