From the introduction: When Yvette Bell left the convent of the Sisterhood of the Blessed Vine with Sister Agata and Vincenze, her now fullygrown owlbear cub, she intended to travel to Maillon and set out from there to parts undetermined. She discovered travel is arduous, though, and, after some time on the road, Yvette craved a return to the comforts of noble life. When she arrived at a crossroads, she turned away from Maillon and went west through the Fellmire to the small town of the same name where she discovered her distant cousin Imboldt Yhandoulx had an estate...