What has gone before: After the rescue of Felicia, everyone scatters. Katarina has some minor adventures on her own in shadow. Felicia goes off to a quiet shadow to recuperate and yell at Torquil, who seems to be getting a lot of that sort of treatment this particular day. Keverian, his overtures to Felicia rebuffed, spends some time in Veranik to await the imiment birth of his daughter. Mikele stays in Martin's fast time shadow, since standing up right now is a bit of an exertion.
The next day in Chaos sees a funeral in Minobeeways (for which all the attendees are very inappropriately dressed). Felicia and Torquil, having resolved their differences, set about informing all their friends and family of their wonderful news: Their relationship goes beyond just that of brother and sister; they're happily married and have a wonderful, nearly grown daughter named Darcy. Keverian is unable to conatin himself and steps outside.
Felicia and Torquil begin spreading the word of their marriage to their various relatives (to their great relief, they are unable to locate Fiona) and making arrangements for a "meet the family" (Adrian and Darcy) party in Amber.
Keverian's daughter, Valeria, is born in Veranik at last, and he starts spending a great deal of time at his house there. Katarina remains primarily in shadow. Nikrowd is presumably in Rebma. Mikele and Martin spend most of their time near Chaos, as does Dalamar.