Levi gets out of town and leaves Alvin in charge. Jolin reestablishes Amish Aid in Wisconsin by force. Merlin negotiates with the Bear, a powerful Amish leader. Esther discovers Levi's lies and confronts him in Atlantic City.
Untrusting of outside law enforcement, some Amish in Lancaster County, PA have for many years regularly turned to a small organized group of men for protection and justice.
The 2006 School shootings in Lancaster County during which five young Amish girls werehuged and five more seriously injured by a non-Amish milk truck driver brought to the nation's attention the vulnerabilities of the Amish community, and their need for continued protection.