Matthew opens the episode with a bitter monologue: taken from an orphanage ten years ago and raised only as a pawn for another family's son's future. The scene cuts to a military ward where Zachary, newly named Commander of the Eastern Front, is wounded and sent to the Normans to heal. General Silva pressures him to return, then encounters General Gilmore escorted by Shannon Wagner. Gilmore's staff identify Zachary as Benjamin's son. Furious at being deceived, Silva orders a jet and declares, "I'm going to Northbank—to get his son!" The episode ends as Silva mobilizes toward Northbank, unresolved.