As the days go by, more members of the Rangers organization drop like flies as Deng and Vinith continue to investigate their deaths.

It turns out that the rangers had enough of Azotha's lies and as they tried to call her out for her hypocrisy that she had promised to end the Ignominy oppression, but instead took in Ignominies, Azotha had ordered her Ignominy assassins to kill them so that they could be silenced.

Some of the rangers and the cadets, which included Donotyr's bullies, had defected to Azotha and the Ignominies' side, while most of the rangers remained loyal to Fugmius and the cause to protect Yirrim.

After investigating the last murder, Deng and Vinith have gathered up a group of rangers who consisted of the Pantoran Leskael Ponatt, the Miraluka Raweihk, the Mirialan Zofu, and the Keshiri Mylee Dangir, to fight Azotha's assassins.

Azotha's assassins charged at any ranger that they could find roaming around the hallways and killed them.

Meanwhile, Donotyr Lawsma kept himself locked in his room, where he stayed amongst all of this chaos, panicking, and prepared himself by packing his essentials for his upcoming departure from Yirrim.

Zena, on the other hand, hid the cadets loyal to Fugmius in a remote area, away from the Ignominies and brought a handful of other rangers with her to help her in instructing the cadets.