During the chaos, Hanne slips back to the convent to restore her features and put on a dress. In the wagon, Nina goes to port. Hanne returns and asks about Nina’s power. She knows who Nina really is: Nina Zenik, “the girl who maimed [her] father. The Corpsewitch” (482). Nina confesses to being an agent of Ravka who came to free Grisha. She apologizes for hurting Hanne, but she must stop men like Brum from hurting Grisha. Hanne joins the cause to save them.

While Hanne drags her father into the woods, Adrik approaches Nina. He accuses her of rigging the bombs to explode the dam. Nina admits it. She explains that the Fjerdans now see them as Saints, Sankta Leoni of the Waters and Sankt Adrik the Uneven; they will save Grisha through miracles. Adrik relents and wants to get going. Nina pauses and tells him about Brum’s letter. It discusses an assassination plot against Nikolai. Adrik is furious that she kept that information secret, but Nina knew he would have canceled the rescue mission if she shared earlier. He insists on leaving now. They have to get word back to the capitol. Nina says she is staying behind with Hanne to ferret out other Fjerdan experiment sites and free more Grisha.