A man approaches the Wolf King claiming to be the father of a four-year-old boy who was raised by a human woman. The Wolf King questions the woman, but she denies remembering the man or having a child with him, insisting she adopted the boy. Rejected, the man is forced to work for six months before he can ask again for a rare Moonlotus herb for his son. Meanwhile, Asher learns from friends about a dangerous collapsing bridge and prepares to warn the town. The Wolf King and his followers detect a cub's scent linked to Sierra, revealing that Sierra's son may indeed be the man's child, which leads to a confrontation as the man accuses Sierra of lying.