- A librarian is close to finding out where one of the copies of The Book of Counted Shadows is hidden. Rahl himself sets out to meet her. But Richard, Kahlen and Zedd are already there. However, something changes the situation completely.
- Librarian Livia (Michelle Langstone) is copying the book of the shadows secretly. James (Simon London) an artist distracts her with a portrait of her son, and a man sees what she is doing; he goes to Rahl, who says he will come to the library.
The fab 3 show up at the library, where they meet a junior wizard who is delighted to see Zedd.
The boy Aiden (Joseph Nathan), is caught begging in the market, and robbed, but flees. He is hidden by James. The 3 find Livia, who is looking for her son. She is a widow.
James hides Livia and Aiden in his painting, with magic. He puts the library in the painting also, Zedd and some dharans get caught up in it. Inside the painting Zedds power is useless. Richard and Kahlan find James, who tells them what he did, and he agrees to send Richard in to the painting also.
James sends Kahlan and himself in too, thinking that Livia will learn to love him, and this will keep them all safe. Unfortunately Rahl learns abut the painting and sets fire to it. James just has time to paint the Library back, which saves the others, he dies though.
The three escape with Livia and Aiden, and the book. Kahlan would have liked to visit the painting. The book says that they must assemble the boxes to kill Rahl.
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