Hera decides that Rada and her mother will be calmer without him, and runs away from the city. But at the border, he is shot down by a shuttle carrying barrels of alcohol to Merke. Gerda is returned to Two Hills, almost all organs are replaced and the next day she is released from the hospital healthy. Meanwhile, Mirka asks the Baron to attack the city urgently in order to prevent the police from finding out who sent the smuggled alcohol to whom.

Radu and her whole family are zeroed out, condemned and sent to clean the Pacific Ocean of garbage for the rest of their lives. At least, that's what they announce on the television of the Two Hills. In fact, they are leaving very close. It turns out that the Brand has a forbidden apple orchard, which is cultivated by zeroed slaves. Hera escapes and comes up with a plan to save Rada, which could cost him his life.