Cedric, a man who once devastated the North, forces his way into a tense meeting with its ruler. He reveals that a spy within the palace has compromised a safe route, endangering the ruler's people. Despite their deep-seated hatred and the ruler's threat to harm him again, Cedric negotiates a temporary truce: he will stay as king, not captive, to help expose the traitor hunting the Northerners from inside. The episode ends with an unseen enemy conspiring not for Cedric's death, but for his personal betrayal, leaving the fragile alliance hanging by a thread.