Once Ellie lands in Cape Wrath, she feels Mika’s presence, but Gorman refuses to answer any questions about him. The Roar fills her head, but she quiets her rage—she doesn’t want to become a killer. Sitting in Puck’s enclosure, she plays a game with him. She spreads lettered tiles on the floor and telepathically communicates which letters for the monkey to retrieve. He spells out the verse of a poem from Ellie’s poetry book.

After an intense series of tests, the final 12 competitors are brought to an upper chamber to view the Aurora Borealis, but it does little to comfort them. That night, Mika awakens from a dream to find Audrey in his room. She is frightened, and he does his best to comfort her.

The next morning, Mika, Audrey, and Leo eat breakfast. Mika’s throat is raw and bruised from his altercation with Ruben. As Mika is taken below ground to the final round of competition, he senses Ellie ever closer. Meanwhile, in Puck’s enclosure, Ellie suddenly senses Mika on the other side of the wall, but just as their minds reach for each other, an armed guard drags Ellie out of the room. Mika is then taken to a large pit with a cage dangling above it.