Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Shesheshen is caught in the rosemary-poisoned bear trap as the multi-skulled creature approaches. She amputates her own leg to escape when it charges. Malik and Rourke wound the creature with their weapons, but it flees toward the main camp. In the ensuing chaos, Shesheshen manages to get to Blueberry and free her from her bonds without being detected.

As soldiers attack the monster with flaming arrows, it absorbs several of them and grows larger. Homily arrives to protect Shesheshen and drives the creature back using pure rosemary oil. The two of them take refuge in a purple tent with Ode. When an explosion rocks the camp, Ode panics and runs outside, and the creature devours her. Shesheshen pulls a screaming Homily back into the tent as the monster flees with Ode’s body.

The next morning, the camp is in complete disarray. Baroness Wulfyre sits grieving but furious in a bomb crater. She denies Ode’s death and issues cruel orders that include the execution of guards. Epigram deliberately avoids her mother. Shesheshen attempts to get Homily to safety, away from the Baroness, but their hiding spot is betrayed by the captain, Arnau.