Aaron discovers Hal Linley will be traveling with the same caravan as Aaron. He later has lunch with Melna's siblings, finding he dislikes them just as much as they dislike him. While traveling witht the caravan Hal Linley invites Aaron to go hunting so they can have time to talk. While hunting they run across a group of enslaved people. Aaron intervenes, killing several people, including a man who is raping a young girl who is bound. The woman is an assassin who was kicked out of the guild and soon to be murdered. This woman is Kim.