Vis wakes and moves to find his team. When he finds them, Aequa treats the bite wound on his arm, which Vis claims is an alupi bite. Then they use the safety team’s tracker to find the locations of the other teams. As they make plans, Vis tells them about the Sextus who used deadly force to stop him, and the bloody cloak. Neither of them knows what that means. Then they use the safety team’s tracker to find the locations of the other teams. Indol’s team is near the heart, waiting to make their move. They agree that Callidus will take all their medallions and head toward the Academy so that the other teams cannot track them. Then Vis and Aequa will sneak up on Indol’s team and get to the heart first.

Vis and Aequa head toward the heart hidden in a tower near a river. They stumble across an open grave filled with bodies and they realize that the safety teams have been murdered and replaced by Anguis infiltrators. Among the bodies are several Academy students. They decide to warn the other teams. There are only two teams left on the tracker: Indol’s and Emissa’s.