Levi's gut wrenches at what he's done - taken Comfort as his wife, and not Willa, who is out there now facing death every day, masquerading as a Confederate soldier. Desperate for her secret and best friend Surry's counsel, Willa prays for the safety of her unborn child - Levi's child. And escaped slave Surry doesn't think her life could turn more upside down, but when she meets her next Underground Railroad guide, Lucas Minor, it surely does.