Starvation has reduced the Scum Kings to a shadow of themselves. A grim choice is presented by Orso: a humiliating retreat to beg for scraps, or a suicidal push deeper into the unknown. As Dray's pride clashes with Orso's logic, their best hunter, Brynn, returns from a two-day search with a seemingly worthless prize... and the look of a predator who has found much bigger prey.