This episode takes place a couple of months after Celaena's adventures with the Pirate Lord. She needs to be trained by the Master and get a letter of recommendation from him before returning home. When she arrives, she is befriended by a young woman named Ansel who has been with the Silent Assassins since she was thirteen. Ansel becomes the first friend she has ever made. The local lord - Berick - wants to curry favor with the king of Adarlan by destroying the Silent Assassins and sending him the Mute Master's head. The assassin's have been able to fend off the previous attacks but are always waiting for the next one. Ansel is sent to Lord Berick as an intermediary and brings Celaena along but doesn't let her attend the meeting. Ansel shares a secret about her past when they are on the way back home. Later the two girls fight and Celaena is drugged and sent away. This story has friendship, betrayal, and courage and some tough decisions for Celaena to make.
