"Is anyone ever who they seem?" The death of Professor Elsher has the entire Academy reeling. When her cousin is wrongly accused of murder, Astoria attempts to find the real criminal. Along the way, she gets tangled in a web of secrets, and rivalry. Lost connections begin to rekindle and the halls of Darla Academy are suddenly a very dangerous place to be. Will she unravel the web in time or will it choke her to death?