After leaving flowers at a late friend's apartment, exchanging touching Christmas gifts, and confessing love for one another, Kit the cat gives Liam her blessing.
At his old library, Sayed bloodlusts and half blinds a shifted Calliope. Zara calls Dakila who calls Levka, and everyone has a lot of feelings about revenge and regret. Sayed goes to jail. Again.
Esperanza pays Levka a visit, showering him in food, and then drops the news on him that she is moving back to Texas. Their share heartache and promises of lifelong friendship.
When Levka (a bear) finds River stranded on a cliffside in Graupel, he decides there's no harming in helping her out. But he uses his teeth and the inevitable happens. She owes him her life, right? That's how this works?
With Levka in custody, the full confession to Indra's murder is had. Tiffer gets what he wants but finds it's ultimately unsettling. Dakila assures him that this is a victory and a step in the right direction.
Seeing no recourse but the dangerous and direct approach, Tiffer and Dakila confront Levka in his home over Indra's death. Weighing the consequences to those he cares for more than himself, the bear king unexpectedly comes quietly.
Levka informs Esperanza he's killed one of Cliff's sleuth members in the defense of their youngest bear. Espy, distraught and heartbroken, makes the difficult choice to take a break from Cobalt Ridge until further notice.
What starts off as a simple ski day turns into bloodshed and chaos as Cat is attacked by Callibear. Cat texts Indra, Indra crosses into claimed territory to help and is killed by Levka. Cat flees, while Levka and Calliope split the cost of dinner.
