Once on the Falcon, Morwan tells them that Nashtah was actually Aurra Sing, the lost Jedi bounty hunter. As the Solos continue their ruse that they are working to against Tenel Ka, they try to uncover who the traitor is inside the Hapan community. They transmit some photos of Morwan to Tenel Ka in hopes of determining who she is. After further questioning they believe they have determined the family she belongs to.

Luke and Mara arrive in the Hapes system and receive a Holonet transmission from Han detailing their spying efforts and the likely traitor. They are taken aboard the Anakin Solo to meet with Tenal Ka. Luke is still having bad dreams about the dark man. Luke and Mara continue to argue whether Jacen is behind this, but Mara agrees that if he is behind it, they’ll have no choice but to kill him. They also think that perhaps this will be the time when Ben’s path returns to theirs.

After landing on the ship, they meet with Jacen who tells them Ben is in the transitory mists looking for Jaina and Zekk. They confront him with the information that Lumiya is working for GAG and that he should be weary of trusting her regardless of what she says. They also say the Ben’s days in the GAG are now over and he should return to Coruscant. They further complicate things by telling an altered version of Lobi’s death and their discovery of Lumiya’s apartment. Jacen is shaken, but they are interrupted by Tenel Ka. They play Han’s message about the traitor as well as the warning to be on the lookout for Alema Rar. They also learn the assassin was Aurra Sing. Tenel Ka tells Jacen to take Allana back to the Anakin Solo because when she moves on the traitors, things will get too dangerous on the surface.

Deep inside the Anakin Solo, Alema and Lumiya discuss the plan. Lumiya is being sent to find Ben and she thinks she is being set up to be killed by Luke. If by some chance she kills Luke, Jacen could take over the Jedi Order. Either way she wants Luke to die. She arms herself and Alema with proton packs so if Luke strikes them down he’ll be dead as well.

Ben’s mission reaches Terephon but the location he was looking for has already been destroyed. Ben can sense Jaina and Zekk, but doesn’t know what it means. Suddenly they swing in and pick him up as an attack commences. Jaina and Zekk tell Ben they were not warmly received there. Jaina is shocked to learn that their message did not get through and that Ducha Galney is probably the spy working against Tenal Ka. Tenel Ka is expecting Terephon to be on her side. They need to get a message to the Queen as soon as possible.

Han, Leia, and Morwan come out of hyperspace near a comet in the Hapan cluster. It turns out the traitors are working with the Corellians to plan an attack. They follow the flight into a battle with the Hapans and try to avoid destruction. It appears that the Hapan flight was prepared for the attack and Morwan pulls a blaster on Han and tells Leia to return to the battle. Before she does, Han grabs the blaster and disarms her, but not before being shot several times in the hand. They debate whether or not to contact Tenel Ka telling her to hold fast so the Alliance can spring a trap. Doing this would certainly mean they would be branded as traitors on Corellia. Knowing that Corellia was in the wrong to try and kill a foreign leader, Han decides to make the call.

Back on Hapes, Luke and Mara wait to meet with Ben, but they begin to think that Jacen never actually told Ben about the meeting. Mara is beginning to lose faith in Jacen. Luke says that it is unlikely Jacen would become a Sith since he always has what’s best for the galaxy in mind. They both sense danger in the Force just as a grenade is tossed inside. Luke pushes it outside limiting the damage as Lumiya enters with her lightwhip. The two Jedi remove their shotos (smaller lightsabers) to engage her knowing that Jacen did indeed set them up. Lumiya kills patrons and uses the Force to have them believe Luke is responsible. They fight Lumiya as Alema waits in the shadows with a blowdart. Luke senses the attack and warns Mara, but not before Lumiya is able to disarm him. Mara does avoid the dart attack, but Alema reveals herself and attacks Mara. Mara is able to knock her unconscious and discovers the explosive pack strapped to her. Luke’s body fails and he falls behind a table and Lumiya taunts him that is was really Ben behind the attack not Jacen. Luke finds a blaster and uses it to blast three holes in Lumiya as Mara yells to him about the proton pack. She reaches Luke and says they have to leave immediately.

Han and Leia do their best to survive in a heavily damaged Falcon when the Alliance fleet arrives. After taking several more close calls, they think they’re safe until another fleet shows up.

Ben’s ship arrives with Jaina and Zekk and they see that Galney is preparing an attack. As Ben and the others make their escape others stay behind to send a recorded message to the Hapan navy.

On the Anakin Solo, Jacen is unsure of how many ships to use in defense of the Queen without sacrificing his own fleet’s security. His decision is met with open resistance from his Major; her dissent is met with a Force choke. Jacen chooses to protect his daughter who is onboard the Solo. When Jacen is alone, Alema brings him news of Lumiya supposed death in an explosion. Knowing that Alema was once a member of the dark nest that attempted to kill Allana, Jacen ignites his blade and grabs her in the Force. She recounts how she joined forces with Lumiya and how they have killed numerous people during their partnership. She says that Lumiya was proud of Jacen’s choice to set her up to fight Luke as she knew it was a set up from the beginning. She recounts the detonator strapped to Lumiya and how Luke and Mara barely escaped the explosion. She also says she sabotaged the Jade Shadow to give him time to plan especially since the Skywalkers now know they were set up as well. Jacen realizes that Ben, Jaina, and Zekk are nearby and the Falcon is headed in for a rescue. Jacen allows Alema to leave freely knowing that by killing her, the information of Allana’s parentage will be revealed. After she leaves, Jacen is filled with dread about his parent’s true intentions in the war. He orders his men to enter the attack to wipe out the Galney fleet as well as the Falcon.

The Falcon lurches as the first salvo from the Anakin Solo hits it. He has Ben, Jaina, and Zekk already on board and they work frantically to seal a pressure leak. Han looks at the display in shock and knows that the entire access corridor between the gun turrets has been destroyed which means that Leia’s protective Noghri are both dead. They assess the other damage to the ship and it appears they are in dire straits. Ben says they should head directly for the Anakin Solo. This angers Han since he didn’t know that the GAG had a ship named after his son. When Ben refuses to help them patch up the ship he draws his lightsaber on Jaina! Before he can use it, Zekk catches him from behind. As another blast hits the ship, Ben’s lightsaber slashes Zekk knocking him to the ground. Han convinces Jaina to take everyone into the escape pod leaving her parents behind. After the pod launches, they are able to jump to hyperspace.
Luke, Mara, Jaina, Ben and Zekk all arrive at Tenel Ka’s at the same time and they see Jacen being praised by the Hapans in victory. When Jaina scoffs at it complaining that he fired on his own parents, Ben and Jacen defend his actions. Tenel Ka then tells them that it was the Solos who gave them critical information that helped them when the battle. Jacen feels ashamed.
Luke and Mara confront Jacen about their meeting with Lumiya, but he has every excuse and Ben backs him up saying the he was supposed to meet them. Luke still insists that Ben return with them to Coruscant, but Ben is incensed by this. Jacen sides with Luke saying it is clear that Lumiya is targeting Ben and has contacts within GAG. Jacen does, however, refuse to lift the detention order for his parents saying that they were still involved in the assassination attempt.

Kyp Durron meets the Jade Shadow as it returns to Coruscant and he tells them that Omas and Niathal would like to see them and discuss making Jacen a Jedi Master.