Bianca had the power to turn the women into bloodthirsty wraiths. She had reason to want the victims dead—to guarantee their silence on the Riots. Except Horatio Long: she had no knowledge of his part in the Riots, as far as Io and Edei knew. And the second wraith, Drina Savva, had attempted to kill her. Edei was right: If she wanted her collaborators dead, why act now, twelve years later? And why turn the women into wraiths? Why these women in particular, who the Nine had claimed would be dangerous during the Riots? Could they have made a mistake? Was Bianca innocent?
