Still avoiding magic whenever possible,Corporal Kaylin Neya relished investigatinga regular theft once again. Until she found outthe mysterious box was taken from Elani Street,where the mages and charlatans mingled, andit was sometimes hard to tell the differencebetween the two. But she was hoping thismight be a mundane case-- --when in a back room Kaylin saw alost-looking girl in a reflective pool...whocalled out Kaylin's name. Shaken, Kaylin tried to stay focused onthe case at hand. But since the stolen itemwas ancient, without a keyhole, and heldtremendous darkness inside, Kaylin knewunknown forces were again playing withher destiny--and her life....