Two years have passed since the events of The Fairy's Song, and Marnie has been living together with her once-was knight and adorable girlfriend, Lisbeth. Marnie might dress as though she’s ready to attend a funeral, what with her fondness for all things dark, dreary, and eerie, but her life has never been better. Her relationship with Lisbeth is going well, and she was accepted into an art university in London to continue her education. Everything is going well… But Marnie is worried about her elderly grandmother, Iris, who lives well off the beaten road in the small, scenic village of Fenchapel. Iris’s health has been failing her as of late, and Marnie worries, if she does not spend more time with her grandmother, she will later regret it. It is with this thought in mind that Marnie and Lisbeth decide to pay Iris a visit during the summer holidays – but things soon take a turn for the complicated when they run into a familiar face in Iris’s garden. Edmund, the vengeful knight who pursued Marnie and Lisbeth through the forest, has returned, seemingly from beyond the grave – and, furthermore, he comes with a warning. “You would do well to avoid the forest,” Edmund warns, “if you can. It has not been right ever since I awakened. I would rest easily if I knew you were not looking for trouble – though I fear, within time, trouble will find you.”