With the Villain otherwise occupied, his assistant takes up more responsibility, but as events escalate and magic throughout the kingdom fades, the challenges to face are daunting yet retain a dash of fun in Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer. The consequences of the choices that both Evie and Trystan made while confronting the traitor within the Villain’s staff have them dealing with the aftermath, though separately, with Evie taking the lead in keeping the Villain’s manor and staff afloat, developing new skills and more fully embracing villainous tendencies while keeping a kind and happy demeanor at heart while Trystan is first unexpectedly out of the office, detained in King Benedict’s custody, and then keeping his distance investigating leads about the prophecy.