About the book: 2024 / After arrest, imprisonment and sudden pardon, Karl Crow is forced to return to the Academy of Metamorphoses, where he taught for many years. He needs to wait somewhere until the talk about his role in the recent confrontation between the orders on Tumalon subsides, and at the same time decide what to do next with his life. The end of the war also had an impact on Stephanie Gray and her friends: they had to grow up early. But now they are returning to the academy to complete their interrupted training. Stephanie needs an internship in potions, but Professor Qrow doesn't want to take on students. He also has a long-standing grudge against her best friend's family. How to convince him to change his mind? Stephanie's best friend advises her to use feminine charms, but fate offers another option, throwing Crowe and his students into a world teeming with dangerous creatures. Standalone story within the series.