Fae hospitality comes with terms and conditions. Alden Voss has survived siege warfare, cursed camping trips, and teaching teenagers magic. But co-organizing Warden's Rest Academy's New Year's formal with the fae? This might finally kill him. Between navigating centuries-old fae etiquette, keeping his disaster-prone students from causing diplomatic incidents, and pretending he knows which fork to use, Alden's got his hands full. And that's before uninvited guests arrive—fae purists who believe humans have no place at their elegant affair. When racist fae crash the party, Alden must protect his students while maintaining the fragile peace between species. Turns out, formal dancing is the least dangerous thing on tonight's agenda. At Warden's Rest Academy, some lessons in diplomacy come with a body count.