Book excerpt: Katarina's attempts not to become the villainess that she is destined to be seem to have been in vain—her Dark Magic items seem to increase by the day, and now, under Raphael's supervision, she is trying out a new spell that could be the key to avoiding doom. While she struggles with that, she also has to think about her engagement, since her relatives want her to get married as soon as possible, and then... she gets summoned by the King himself. Between all this, however, she goes to the Village where Maria used to live, and she makes some new acquaintances... Dewey's family.