T̵̫͊H̸̲͕̾͆È̷̦̘̊ ̶̰͉̌͝S̷̯̝̆̔A̴͓͋Ḅ̵̗̌͘B̵̘̲̓Ā̷̡̟̅T̸͖̦̄̐ ̶͕͌̏S̷͙̽Ȇ̶̺ͅŅ̸̛͝D̷̹̤̏̉S̶̬̉͝ ̷͓̆T̸̡̤̍̀H̶̛͙̀Ĕ̷̞̬͝İ̶̠̳̈R̸̡̲̾̓ ̷̲̅Ŕ̴̞̰͋Ē̵͚͙͊Ḡ̷͔̠Ǎ̷͈͙̊R̴̖̊̉D̵͎̎S̶̤͝.̶̪͠ ̸̦̝̎T̴͇̗͠H̴͇̤͆̆E̴̪̮̔ ̴̡̠̇̀C̸̪̿̂Ǎ̴̱̚M̷̠͙͒̊Ä̷̘̈́R̵͎͉̒I̷̛͖͇L̶̹̆̈́L̴̥̕A̶̲̠̒͌,̵͓̈́̾ ̸̝͘T̵̩̕H̷͓̝̃̾E̸̪͙̽͝ ̸͎̅Ä̵̜̜̓N̴͎̈C̸̖̋͝I̷̭̟̊Ē̶̠͠ͅǸ̶̳̒Ţ̵̆͛͜S̵̙͍̈͝,̶̟̹͋͗ ̸͖̘͒͛T̵̖̱̈́͝H̷̱̭͝Ê̴̡̒͜ ̶̪͈͗͐W̵̦͓̌E̶̮̤͠Ạ̴̓ͅḰ̴̰̓ ̵̦̈́̋P̵̪̰̅͠I̵̭͋T̸̮̃͘Į̵̉F̴̙͔̎̎U̸̘̞̒L̸͕͋͊ ̸̯͋S̶͙̼͆̚Ȍ̴͔ ̶͝ͅC̷̫̹̋A̵̼̚L̷͉̫͐̃L̶̞̐̒E̸̼̞͠D̸̗̍ ̶̝̮̊̀K̷͕̀Ǐ̶̤̏Ṋ̴̫̐D̸̫̜̀R̴͌͜Ė̸̲̳D̵͇̮͌̉ ̵̯͛̅W̵͚͔̓I̷̘̎́L̸̥͇̄̈L̷̪̼̑ ̶͉͑̍P̷̘̐E̴̛͈̪͑Ŗ̸̤̊͐I̵̹̘͗̋S̵͍̏̈́H̵̭̓ ̷̢̗͆U̸͉̯͑́N̵̘̄̌D̴̡͍̉̓E̵͔̐̌͜R̸̗̿ ̶̨̉̏Ǫ̶̤̀U̶̗͠R̵͓͗͝ ̶͙̌G̸̛̗̓R̸͂̎ͅA̵͚̰̒S̵̘͐͑P̷͖̕.̶̬͒͐ ̷͖͌W̶͕̣͋Ę̵͉̓̈ ̴̤͠B̶̘̤́Ò̵̡̤W̸̰̊͐ ̵̪̇͝T̷̺́̿Ò̸̙̹̋ ̸̜͒̌N̷̙̄͗O̷̰̍́N̷̺̗̅Ê̷͍͛.̴̤̠͠ ̴̻̫͠W̵̝̎Ä̵͚́́Ṭ̸̖̓̒C̶̟̕͝H̷̗͑ ̴̠̓O̵͖̽̏U̵̧͇͒R̷̢͐̀ ̶̯̥̍Ḑ̷̥̎̈́E̶͑ͅV̴̪͂̀A̶̝̳̓̎Ŝ̷̗̜T̵͍͠A̸̼̐͠Ṫ̵̻͘I̴̺̣͒̊Ņ̴̈́͒ͅG̶̗͉͗ ̴̲͗̈V̶̟͆͆I̸̡̓̇C̴̙̃̂T̵̠͈̈̈O̵͎̿͆R̵̼͓̈Y̶̖̳̓̒ ̸̟̱͑I̷̙̮͑N̵̒͝ͅ ̷̮̹̌T̷̤̩̈́̏H̶̝̖͗E̵̗͌̂ ̴̢̃F̷̯́I̷̧̲͗Ń̶̻̜̿Ả̸̻͍L̸̳͋ ̷̳̪̈̔E̷͖̎P̴̗͉͆̕I̸̟̗͒̈́S̷̡̲̕͝Ọ̷͌ͅD̵̳̖͋E̵̛͎̲ ̶̘̿Õ̶͉̠̀F̴̭̲̂.̸̺̏.̴̱͆.̷̱̜̀ ̸̲̏̑ͅN̴͎̈́Ė̴͕̄Ẃ̷̹̪̕ ̶̮͎̾̿Y̵̹͂̇Ĕ̷͜Á̸̗̚R̶̺̠̓͝'̸͙̆S̶̨̱͂ ̵̢̹͒̕D̶̖̘̽͘E̵̻̾͘A̷̡̕T̵̠̃̌H̵̨̭̒͆.̷̺́

Amelie descends into the darkest sect of the masquerade with her new ally Klaus. Will she come out on top, or be doomed to become the very monster she set out to destroy?

Quinn questions whether their grip on reality is stronger than their inner monster's. Following another monster's orders might just be their hail-mary as alliances crumble.

The Coterie, now split, facing two different journeys must find a way to make the toppling dominos of vampiric politics fall in their favor. But with so many factors at play their is no telling what may happen next.

LG narrowly avoids the ending of his unlife, again by sheer luck. As the rest of Coterie prepares for the final fight, it seems no kindred is spared of the truth tonight.

Quinn returns to the realm of their past, driven by the desire to unravel the intricate threads of destiny. But caught in the web by the Spider herself, Amelie balances on the edge of her family's grasp.

A slip-up by LJ brings him before the Prince of Chicago, presenting a double-edged dagger of an opportunity for his silver tongue to help him survive and perhaps enter the Ivory Tower, or cut himself deeply in his eagerness. Meanwhile, Amelie meets with a hunter backed by a mysterious organization in an effort to find more allies against the kindred enemies that surround her; but who is the Lion and who is the Lamb when fledgling vampire conspires with veteran hunter?

A favored childe conspires with their sire to navigate the Machiavellian maze of kindred politics aboard an out-of-season yacht in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, in the hopes of outmaneuvering enemies and allies alike to escape the fangs of Final Death.