
Anne Halford is on her way to fulfill her dream of becoming a confectionary artisan, a Silver Sugar Master—however, the road to her destination is filled with a world of danger. To protect herself, she reluctantly buys Challe, a fairy forced into a life of servitude, but she seeks friendship more than a lackey. Torn between his freedom and her needs, she must confront what the sweet life is worth.






After losing her mother, Silver Sugar Master Emma, to illness, Anne embraces her dream of earning the same title herself and heads to the royal capital. Along the way, she buys a beautiful, sharp-tongued warrior fairy to guard her on her journey.
Challe sends the bandits fleeing in the blink of an eye. Inside the wagon he rescues through his actions is someone who has business with Anne. On top of that, the fairy Anne saved back in town follows them for reasons of his own.
While staying at the Doctor's Inn, Anne and the others meet a guest who calls himself Hugh. He says that he'll pay for their lodging if Anne and Jonas make sugar confections for him. Later that night, Challe tells Anne about his past for the first time.
A shocking betrayal has left Anne's dreams of becoming a silver sugar master shattered. The piece she had made for the exhibition has been stolen. With Anne feeling deeply shaken, all of her losses compound and send her falling into despair.
Anne leads the others on a tour of Lewiston's sugar confectionaries to further study her art. Just when she spots a particularly beautiful confection in a shop, a man breaks it and runs away! The shop owner arrives and thinks that Anne is responsible!