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She gets back to her old room after killing a few guards and finds Mische in there. M is a little sus and the pendant is gone. As they leave, they run into Simon

The sneak back into the castle through the river filled with sewage, and her blood opens the door to the basement of the castle. They split up: her to find the pendant she hid.

They decide, post-coitally, to fight Septimus.

They end up in bed together and when she goes to tell him she wants him. She suddenly tells him I want her blood. She doesn’t mean to, but that’s what comes out.

She finds RAIHN after slaughtering most of the people who were trying to overthrow him. He was left outside under silver chains for the sun to burn him to death. She manages to get the chains off of him just in time for them to Run before the sun rises..

For O, the party begins to get nightmares when the blood donors are there. It suddenly turns into a violent coup, but she is sober. She manages to get to the taker of hearts sword that Vincent left her and is able to summon her night fire magic. She begins to slaughter and take down those that were trying to overthrow RAIHN.

The dance they share leaves RAIHN feeling like he’s drugged. CARIS strikes up a conversation with him and he feels woozier. Care admits. He’s the one that directed him from the drinks. An attack ensues snd R find himself chained at the wrists

At the wedding, RAIHN is making alliances with the shadow prince. When ORAYA enters the room every head turns to see her in her ballgown with her HEIR Mark and her scars expose on her neck. She stops to talk to MISCHE but M suddenly gets flustered. R asks O for a dance.

SEPTIMUS slightly offers ORAYA the crown to the house at night while telling her his personal history before the wedding. She understands what he’s doing, but doesn’t quite except.

The wedding will be for RAIHN and ORAYA. O goes to the shitty village pub R finds her there in disguise. They get a little drunk and go home and discuss the politics of the wedding and how aligning with the house of shadows could free him from needing SEPTIMUS and Ov could live freely