They are attacked by a man with a strange bladed hate. Meanwhile, Enrique and Zofia steal an artifact from the Exposition Universelle to help them sneak into House Kore’s estate. They all promise to help him and use a party at an opera house called the Palais de Reves to interrogate House Kore’s courier to learn where the Hours Eye is. Séverin reluctantly agrees and returns to the group. He asks Séverin to help him obtain the Horus Eye from House Kore and, in return, Hypnos will readminister the inheritance test on Séverin, as the previous test’s results had been fabricated to keep Séverin from becoming the Patriarch of House Vanth as a child. Séverin and Enrique go to Hypnos’ estate and it is revealed that he did not know who the thief was, but used blood forging to ensure that the thief was the only one who could read the letter. Unfortunately, a few weeks later, Séverin receives a letter from Hypnos who knows he stole the compass. It reveals the symbol for a legendary artifact known as the Eye of Horus, rumored to show the legendary Babel Fragment to any who look for it. When Séverin and Enrique return, all five of them work together to figure out the puzzle in the compass. Laila then finds Tristan, the youngest of the group with powerful forging abilities like Zofia. Their engineer Zofia arrives, only to steal some cookie dough and leave again. It is explained that the world functions on a magic known as forging that allows those that can use it - forgers - to create nearly anything they want. Meanwhile, another member of Séverin’s group named Laila ensures that the courier of House Kore - who Séverin was pretending to be to steal the compass - receives an invitation to an important party before returning to her baking for their hotel, L’Eden. Enrique is able to free him in time and they escape to a carriage, elated to find that there is something inside the map. Unfortunately, they trigger a trap and nearly lose Séverin’s arm in the process. Séverin and Enrique attempt to steal a compass rumored to contain a treasure map from the Patriarch of House Nyx, Hypnos. What they find might change the course of history - but only if they manage to stay alive. Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie.

The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets.

The gilded wolves book 4