PART ONE: THE LOST GIRL - Chapter 5: A Race Against Time, Maycraft, Thaniel Gets a Second Chance; Chapter 6: Cathaline's Attic, A Rite Is Performed, Plans Are Made; Chapter 7: A Disturbance in the Night, The Fraternity Show Their Hand Summary

In Chapter 5, Thaniel and Cathaline are called to help a man, Johnaten Turner. He had encountered a Cracklejack in his baby's nursery, and the creature had scratched him before escaping. Johnaten quickly becomes emaciated, with pointy teeth and horizontal, hourglass-shaped pupils. Thaniel and Cathaline restrain him and draw a Ward on his chest with pig's blood, then Cathaline prepares to perform a Rite to stop Johnaten from totally transforming...