The unlikely friends travel from Half Home and makes their way to Falnix. Along the way, they are briefly poisoned, and encounter a band of highway robbers trying to make an honest living. They get through, but their choices have consequences, and midnight ambush brings greater understanding for everyone.

The adventurers race (some of them, quite literally) into the woods to Save Rio! Confusion ensues and motives are questioned. The adventurers pack up, gear up, steal some stuff, and make a break for a nearby town.

The adventures battle wolves in the forest, start to discover each others dark secrets, do an excessive amount of talking about wolves heads, and discover important details about a blackmail situation going on in Half Home. Also a betrayal most foul.

The adventurers meet in Half Home, they learn some secrets about each other, but don't share any details. A bounty hunter is sent after one of them and they work to keep her safe. The boys get a little creepy. They head into the woods and learn about a blackmail situation going on in Half Home. Also... wolves.