With knowledge of Kerra’s secret parley with the Romans, and Amena’s machinations coming to fruition, Pellenor, believing Kerra has betrayed her clan, disowns and imprisons her. The king staunchly believes the Druids are the mouthpieces of the gods, so he throws Kerra to their judgement. Both know that when the Druids cast judgement on Kerra’s mother, they demanded she be flayed alive as a sacrifice to the gods, and Kerra will likely meet the same fate. Sensing the end, Kerra releases her brother Phelan from his oath to protect her. She also receives a visit from Lindon. A relative newcomer to the tribe, he is a Gallic warrior and another of Amena’s husbands, married to her by order of the Druids. Along with Phelan he is one of the only people in the entire Cantii clan sympathetic to her plight, and it becomes clear their relationship is more than mere friendship. The day of judgement arrives, and Kerra is brought before Veran to meet her fate. Elsewhere, Divis lays eyes on Aulus, and sees something within him. Something more than man.