Chapter One: Days of Light
Iolaus has found a little girl abandoned along the road. She is traumatized, and cannot speak. While trying to locate her family, he meets a young healer, Elissa, who offers to help them. But, she has been accused of murdering the king of Pylos, and Hercules has made two unsuccessful attempts to take her back there for trial. Elissa tells Iolaus she is innocent, and he believes her, deciding not to turn her in to Hercules. While staying at her home in Acheron, Iolaus develops a strong attraction to the healer, but represses his feelings out of loyalty to Hercules. Eventually, the little girl’s aunt and uncle come to claim her. The hunter leaves Acheron, reluctantly.