Cracked Bone felt doubtful. His partner had proved too foolish. Youth is no excuse. The boy wants to earn credits. Working as a bodyguard for a Ferin tribe princess is a good job. But why would he enter the Shade capital contest? This lucky boy won the contest! Hard and Fast is a talented fighter and the humans have a great tradition of hand-to-hand combat. But now the boy has gained unnecessary publicity. Does he think that the mask of the hunter ferin will hide him from the attention of the serious cats? Cracked Bone shook his head doubtfully. He was an experienced cat and understood that the human had set out on a dangerous path. And along with the human the danger threatened him.