Some hearts have a map, but some need to roam

A year after Jill's murderous rampage and Nancy's disappearance everything seems calm at the school, but both events have left a profound impression on the student body, desperately longing for home, and on Eleanor herself, shaken by her perceived failure to protect her students. Two new students arrive in this unsettled time: Forest, who has almost forgotten what it feels like to be human and isn't sure she wants to remember, and Sachi, who was only away for three weeks in Earth time but learned enough for several lifetimes. Meanwhile Kade is struggling to adjust to the extra responsibility and Christopher is shocked to discover that someone may be able to rival the Skeleton Girl in his affections. The reappearance of a face from the past brings these tensions to boiling point, now that the knowledge of how to make a Skeleton Key is out.