A Vedek is killed during a religious ceremony - Latha, a member of Kira's former resistance cell. Kira gets a message with an electronically scrambled voice saying 'That's one.' Someone has a vendetta against the Shakaar, and kills four more of Kira's friends, each time sending another message of the same sort. It is clear that the murders are all connected to Kira, and that she is the killer's ultimate target. Kira, who is still heavily pregnant, defies advice to go off on a personal mission to find the person who is killing her friends.
