Part III, Chapter 19 Summary

Robert wakes up early the next day in a daze and, at first, cannot remember what happened. He crawls to the bathroom and splashes cold water on his face and then recalls the events of the night before. Ruth has gone but has left a note, in which she admits that she is one of a small band of remaining vampires who has been sent to spy on him, that most of what she has told him is a lie, and that he, not a vampire, had killed her husband. However, she now understands that both sides have been forced into their situations.

She then reveals that they, the last vampires, have found a drug that enables them to stay alive and with it they are planning to rebuild their society, but they may have to kill him and...