At Business College a crowd confronts Fred, mocking him and ordering him to kneel before Boss. A woman interrupts, calling the campus not a bandit hideout and accusing Fred of taking her place and enjoying the high life for over twenty years. Tension spikes when it's revealed Boss is Tristan Carter's daughter, the city's underground king, raising stakes and threats of death. The woman warns that Zane, who is about to marry her, is kind but she is not, and vows consequences. The episode ends on her challenge, "Say that again", leaving an immediate, unresolved showdown.