Skyshade

Isla lures Lark into a trap by pretending to have the heart of Lightlark. Oro stabs the Wildling with the cursed dagger, but its immobilizing power dissipates almost instantly. Lark kills Remlar, reveals that Cleo is working with her, and captures Isla. Isla uses her power to teleport Oro, Grim, and their allies away. Lark imprisons Isla, using the shademade bracelets to block her powers.

Isla regrets asking the blacksmith to make the bracelets, and she remembers his words to her: “You’ve always had everything you needed” (378). She realizes that she has the power to take the powers of everyone she kills. This means that she also possesses the blacksmith’s power to remove the shademade bracelets. Isla destroys the bracelets and her prison by unleashing her full abilities.

Isla goes to the Wilding newland. Terra and Poppy treat her injuries and explain that her first cry tore down her parents’ castle, killing them. To subdue the girl’s deadly powers, they put traces of shademade in her food, clothing, and weaponry. Isla reclaims the shademade dagger Remlar made and brings his body back to his people. Using her black diamond necklace, she summons Grim. He explains that Lark is biding her time underground while she heals from the effects of Remlar’s dagger.