Throne of the Fallen

When Abyssus appears unexpectedly, Camilla suddenly finds herself in complete darkness. Terrified, she asks Abyssus to send her back. When she blinks, the world comes back into view. Envy is telling her to run, but she is blocked off from the Shallows by none other than Vexley. Envy tries to protect her from him, but Vexley kills Envy. 

As Camilla despairs, someone yells her name. She realizes Abyssus made her hallucinate: Envy was still alive but unable to reach her. Abyssus had put her to the test to reveal what she fears most: being alone. The world shifts again, and Envy is gone. Abyssus informs her that she’s been away for several days, and while she may find Envy at the Twin Pillars, she must solve the final clue before the sun sets, which is in 30 minutes.

Envy is shackled to a column near the Twin Pillars after days of being tortured by Vexley. As Vexley lays out how he plans to force Camilla into being his wife, Envy vows never to let Vexley touch her. Vexley beats him, and Envy nears unconsciousness. Suddenly, Vexley is beheaded, and Camilla is telling Envy to get up.

Camilla desperately looks for a way to break Envy’s chains. She finds a riddle inscribed in them and realizes that the answer is “Death.” She frees Envy, who is surprised she came for him, as she could have left him behind.

Envy and Camilla search the Twin Pillars for clues. Camilla asks what is afflicting his court. Envy explains that, while not immortal, his court members’ long lives require them to purge their memories every so often. Going without the purge makes it impossible for them to form new memories over time, diminishing their ability to feel emotions other than fear, in turn diminishing his power. 

Envy loaned the Chalice of Memoria, which allowed them to purge memories, to the mortal lover who was seduced by Lennox. When she was sent back to the mortal realm, Lennox kept the chalice. Envy hasn’t been able to use his magic or his wings—upon which are inscribed the spells needed to activate the Chalice—since all his magic is being used to keep his court contained. 

Envy then asks Camilla to tell her own truths. She tells him how the Twin Pillars detail instructions on how to open the gate—a drop of her blood. Confused, since the Pillars are thousands of years old, Envy nevertheless demands she activate them immediately. He privately decides then that after they finish with Lennox, he wants to break his rule for her.

Camilla berates herself for not telling Envy the truth about herself and for fearing change. She regrets it, as she knows Envy likes her for who she is. Before she can talk herself out of it, she spills her blood and opens a portal to the Wild Court.

In Lennox’s Wild Court, the dark Fae immediately stop their antics to stare at Camilla and Envy. Envy is protective of Camilla as he believes she is Seelie and unwelcome in the Wild Court. When they come before Lennox and his throne, Camilla greets Ayden, the Unseelie Prince, with familiarity. Envy realizes then that Camilla was never Seelie; she is Lennox’s biological daughter and an Unseelie princess. Humiliated and betrayed, he demands his prize.

Camilla ignores Envy’s hatred of her, as she knows that showing any vulnerability in front of Lennox will only be exploited. She demands her talent back and makes the mistake of using the word “please.” Lennox cuts through her tattooed glamour symbol beneath her hair and reveals her as the Unseelie Fae she’s always been. 

Ayden, her brother, tries to protect her by claiming her to his court, but Lennox insists she remain with him and then steals her mother’s locket. Lennox attempts to dismiss Envy, but he kills his second-in-command instead. Lennox offers Envy a suite and as he stomps off, Camilla believes he’ll never forgive her.

Alone, Envy wavers between the pain of Camilla’s betrayal and his desire to protect her from the horrors of the Wild Court. He replays their interactions from a new perspective and cannot decide if she was manipulating him. Wolf arrives and goads him about Camilla. Furious, Envy claims she belongs with him, and Wolf pushes him to go save her from Lennox.

Camilla recalls how her mother had kidnapped her from Lennox’s court as a child and glamoured her. Ever since, Lennox had attempted to retrieve her. When Wolf comes to collect her, she dresses in a deep green dress in silent protest against her father and in affiliation with Envy. Wolf advises her to play her father’s game or face terrible consequences. 

In the throne room, her father brings out her locket and Pierre’s portal key. He orders Camilla to paint them together. If she doesn’t, he will destroy the Chalice of Memoria and Envy’s only way to save his court. She complies and inadvertently paints another hexed object. Distracted as she paints, Camilla realizes too late that her father has caged her. He explains that she has painted the Silverthorne Key, which creates a portal to Silverthorne Lane in Waverly Green and grants the Unseelie access to mortal realms once again. Lennox uses it and brings her human friends to the Wild Court while Camilla tells them to run.

When Envy arrives, humans are being tortured and eaten alive. He recognizes some of them from Waverley Green, and Wolf points out how Lennox made sure to target the city Camilla loved. Camilla is chained in iron cuffs in a cage hanging above a fire and will be tortured for eternity because of her immortality. Envy demands his chalice back from Lennox, carefully ignoring Camilla. With the chalice safely in hand, Envy no longer has an excuse to stay. He watches as Lennox invites the Fae to “play” with Camilla. Furious, Envy releases the ward around his circle for a few minutes and kills the Fae around him. With a feather, he frees Camilla and then fights with Lennox.

Camilla sees Envy fight her father before running to help the humans. When Envy is injured, she realizes she must intervene. She uses her leftover paint to make a weapon capable of killing an immortal. Just as Lennox is about to deal a fatal blow, Camilla distracts him long enough for Envy to drive his demon blade through Lennox’s chest. Lennox tells Camilla she is his child through and through before dying. When Camilla looks up, Envy is gone. She orders Wolf to send all the humans back to Waverly Green. He informs her the Silverthorne Key is gone.

Back in his circle, Envy uses the Chalice and waits for it to take effect. Finally, a member of his court recognizes him, and Envy knows he can save them all. Envy avoids speaking of Camilla until Alexei confronts him, reminding Envy that he’s only avoiding her out of pride, and Wolf won’t wait long before he stakes his claim. Alone in his gallery later, Envy acknowledges that he knows Camilla is fundamentally good. As jealousy of Wolf swells, a spy finds Envy and gives him a report about the Wild Court.

Though Camilla misses Envy, she’s come to accept she will never see him again. She and Wolf discuss the future of the Court, as he believes she should lead as monarch. Camilla, however, believes Ayden is better suited. Wolf entreats her to stay and mate with him, but Camilla only wants to leave. Katherine interrupts them and asks whether Camilla would sell her soul to be with Envy again. Envy appears and repeats the question. At Camilla’s command, Katherine and Wolf leave them alone.

Envy has come because his spy informed him that Camilla’s brother Onyx was planning to assassinate her. Envy has caged him for eternity. Camilla apologizes for lying to him and argues that her mother will soon return to put the Wild Court to rights. 

Envy tells her not to romanticize the woman who abandoned her all those years ago. He tells her to collect anything of sentimental value from her room and offers his hand. He tells her that he’s breaking his rule for her. After Camilla collects her cat and says her goodbyes, Envy magicks them back to his House.

Gluttony, Envy’s brother, demands he be paid for winning the bet when they receive an invitation to Envy and Camilla’s wedding. As Envy observes his bickering brothers, his newly redeemed court, and his fiancée, he decides he’s never been happier. 

He finds Pride drunk and alone in a corridor. Pride admits that Sursea, the First Witch and mother of Pride’s lost wife Lucia, won’t tell him where she is even though he’s been searching for her for centuries. Envy gives him a note with Lucia’s location. Before Pride leaves, he tells them that Lucia doesn’t remember anything about their life together.

Envy surprises Camilla with the Silverthorne Key and brings her back to Waverly Green, where she will now be able to visit every day and live her life in both realms.

Envy gives Camilla access to his studio, which he’s redesigned to include symbols from her family’s court. They have sex on a giant canvas with paint, leaving an imprint of their lovemaking. They hang it above their bed and declare their love for one another.