As they move toward the settlement the group that is heading to free the Mikana starts to delve deeper into the past and what brought them all together. Ivy continues to struggle with her choice to come to Uoria and how much her life has changed both for the worse and the better since she arrived. Desperate to know more about the mate to whom he has devoted his life, Lynx asks Rain difficult questions about her past and how she and the other humans from Nyx 23 got to Uoria. As the dark memories surface and she bares herself to the group, secrets start to unravel and by the time they get to the settlement they realize that what they are learning about themselves and Uoria goes far deeper than they ever knew.