Summary

In Chapter 12, as Isserley bathed she thought how everything in her life was finally back to normal now that Amlis had gone back home. She wished Amlis had seen her as she had once been while she shaved the fur off that was beginning to grow back. She believed that since Amlis was gone there was no reason for her not to go back to work.

On the news Isserley saw pictures of the hitchhiker she had picked up the day before. There was search on for the man, named William Cameron. The police believed his disappearance may be connected to the murder of Anthony Mallinder, the man who tried to rape Isserley.

Isserley tried to distract herself from her belief that she had messed up when she took William by looking through her clothing. She remembered the note from Esswis when she headed...