The Stone of Tears was found and the tear to the underworld repaired. Richard, Zedd, Kahlan, and Cara were on their way to Aydindril so that Kahlan can be with her people, along with marrying Richard. After a day of riding they stop and make camp.
"I'm going hunting," Cara said. The rest nodded and went to work on other things while Cara went off to hunt. She wasn't finding any prey, so she decided to go deeper into the forest. She stepped into a clearing and there she found one of her Sisters. She didn't recognize her right away because this sister was tied to the tree with two arrows in her shoulder and one in her abdomen. Her braid had been cut and she looked beaten. Cara looked around seeing if she could find this sister's Agiel. Not seeing one right away, Cara started to move around and look under bushes and behind trees.
"It's not here," the sister said softly. Cara looked up at her. Blue eyes pierced Cara's. Cara still didn't know who this Sister of the Agiel was and it must have shown because the sister laughed softly, but it made her cough. She coughed up blood. Cara walked over to her, while the sister continued to talk, "it has been a while, huh, Blondie?". The sister smiled, but kept her head down. That nickname, Cara thought and then it dawned on her. Cara went and lifted the Sister's head up and recognized the straight scar on the left eye.
"You've seen to have gotten into a lot of trouble, Sarah," Cara replied.
"You've noticed," Sarah said sarcastically. The Mord-Sith, Sarah, started to cough up blood again. "I'm glad you're alright, Cara. I heard what those other Sisters did. I'm sorry I wasn't there. I am glad I get to see you before I die. I have something I need to tell you and afterward, you can kill me." Cara looked into Sarah's eyes.
"What is your story?" Cara asked.
"It's a long story."
"So make it short." Sarah started to laugh and cough at the same time.
"Do you remember how I didn't break for a long time?"
"Yes."
"After I was broken, Darken Rahl didn't think I was loyal to him. He gave me a task to make sure I was completely loyal to him."
"What was your task?" Sarah looked down and for a while, she didn't speak. She looked up and Cara was startled to see tears in her eyes. Cara had known Sarah for a long time. They were trained together and she had only seen those tears then and never again. Not until now, Cara thought. Sarah looked into Cara's eyes as tears fell down.
"It was to kill the children of the Mord-Sith," she said as more tears fell.