The Citadel grows. Representatives of different races flock to it. But not everyone is eager to bow to its power, and even within the warg pack, contradictions flare up. Loter doesn’t like it when his authority is undermined and, against his orders, order is disrupted within the circles of the Citadel. To sort this out, the half-beast has to go to the place that no one would go to of their own free will—where he’ll face a difficult choice…