Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses an instance of racism.

Lara fails the second tryout and takes it out on Amari. She pulls up Amari’s discipline record from Jefferson Academy and publicly announces it to the cafeteria, calling Amari “ghetto.” In retaliation, Amari creates an illusion of herself that dumps spaghetti on Lara’s head.

Later, Amari learns that Quinton left a second briefcase to Agent Magnus before he vanished; Quinton discovered the identity of the Key Holder and left it inside the briefcase. This is why Maria and Quinton were kidnapped: to obtain this information from them. Magnus reassures Amari that the Black Book is still secure inside the Great Vault. If Amari makes Junior Agent and officially becomes part of the Bureau, she will inherit all of Quinton’s belongings, including the briefcase and the information inside.

Amari attends her very first All-Souls Festival, an annual event wherein all souls, living or dead, are invited to celebrate together in a ghostly festival. While there, Amari meets the author of her spell book, Madame Violet, who offers Amari the knowledge she needs in exchange for a secret. Elsie pays the cost, confessing her secret to Amari: Elsie hasn’t shifted into a dragon yet because it requires a great feat of courage, and Elsie has been a “scaredy-cat” her whole life (340).