Lady Charles learns that Catacle has split into two factions — the Empress's supporters and the Vice Director's supporters — that Henry questioned orders, and that high-ranking officers were involved in the Vice Director's downfall. A trap has been set using Themis as bait to weed out the traitors. She hires the man who introduces himself as an informant broker as her personal informant and asks him to investigate Adrian's plans. She then runs into Evelyn and her friends, and accepts the trap shooting invitation, seeing it as an opportunity to lower her reputation and make them keep their distance.