Confronted with the realization that the royal navy is involved in transporting the Drops, Decan cooks up a scheme to try and learn more.

Decan struggles to accept what has happened to Teera. Norn takes him to Bluewater Bay for some fresh perspective, where his eyes are opened to just how dangerous the Drops are. Decan realizes that other forces have been at play all along.

Decan and his crew go to meet a chieftain of the Black Forge. If all goes according to plan, they'll be able to earn some shil and keep a dangerous drug off their streets. They play a dangerous game though, and sometimes cleverness shrinks in the face of sheer strength.

Norn helps arrange a meeting with one of the Chiefs of the Black Forge. Decan navigates his crew through a trap.

Fueled by the information he learned from Norn, Decan cooks up a plan for an enormous heist.

Suther makes a surprising find among the pirate captives of the Black Forge. Decan Reign hatches a plan that might just make him as rich as a prince.

Decan Reign and his long time associate Suther find themselves bound hand and foot on the deck of a criminal's ship. Not all is at it seems though, and Decan is rarely as helpless as he appears.

The drama of Voslo and Kory comes to an end. Elsewhere, Princess Armeia reflects on the future of the Concordant, and some clever scheming by the Queen-Mother Leto Belrase results in a fated meeting.