In order to save the children of Biltmore, Serafina must seek the answers that will unlock the puzzle of her past. There she discovers a forgotten legacy of magic, one that is bound to her own identity. Serafina’s hunt leads her into the very forest that she has been taught to fear. before all of the children vanish one by one. Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak’s true identity. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of the Biltmore’s owners. Just as Serafina is ready to attack the man, he wraps the cloak around the girl and she vanishes. He chases the girl, and Serafina follows. The girl manages to escape the man’s grasp and runs away. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists she and her pa, the estate’s maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember.īut when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is: a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore’s corridors at night. One evening, she is catching rats in the manor when she sees a mysterious man in a black cloak with a young girl who is wearing a yellow dress. There’s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. Chased down by a man in a black cloak who smells of rotting flesh and rattles with a strange magic, Clara runs to the basement. Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore estate. “Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.”

Serafina and the man in the black cloak