In this chapter: The state of our hunters, Trigger, Vahn and Boggmouth, is an absolute mess; after the previous disaster left in The Ghost’s wake, Captain Nowe Alberich and his soldiers are scrambling to recuperate and take control of the situation. 

Everything’s coming down the wire and the Captain is starting to see he might have to make a choice he is so desperately trying to avoid - 

That is, unless some kind of intervention prevents just that…