Summary

In another chapter of the Ania story, she and Aleks watch from behind some shrubbery as Damian announces to the town that the murderous upior has been caught. After Damian beheads Casimir, Aleks rushes forward and takes down all the other soldiers before catching up with Damian and ripping out his heart.

The next section, which is told from Sage’s point of view, begins when she and Leo go to the hospital to see Josef. Sage learns that he purposely took a combination of drugs that would interact and kill him, in spite of his belief that he cannot die. She also learns that Josef met her mother once and had planned to ask her to help him die, but he never reconnected with her. When Leo takes Sage home, she finds that Adam is waiting. When he asks her...