Kim is nervous and apprehensive about shifters. She believes she has done all the researched shifters and their ways, but upon arriving in Shiftertown she is somewhat frightened, but tries not to let her nerves get the best of her. Kim reminds herself throughout the book that Shifters are no longer the wild and reckless creatures that so many believed they once were. They still have limited rights and are discriminated against, but Kim is hoping that once she finds Brain not guilty that things will change. She sees this case as the case of a lifetime, and a career maker.