Bounty hunters find a prize in the North. Benton sails to England at the mercy of Everton, but makes a new friend. Michael has a plan to make the Black Wolf more money. Carruthers and Grant vie for the attention of a French Marquis, and Emberly finds herself in danger of losing her independence.

Harp travels to Montreal to do business with Elizabeth Carruthers; Michael and Sokanon arrive in Fort James to put their part of the plan in place; life has gone from bad to worse at the alehouse.