The chapter opens in a tense hotel room with Ezra by the window, Charlotte (called Lottie) on the bed, and Alice on the floor by a marble coffee table. Alice processes the revelation that her death was not meaningful; it happened because Sabine, Charlotte’s jealous ex, wanted to make a point. Realizing she was collateral damage, Alice grips the marble so hard it cracks, and she declares that she "died for NOTHING."

Charlotte tries to apologize, but Alice shoves her into the wall and rejects any apology. Alice accuses Charlotte of failing to stay away. When Alice pushes again, Charlotte restrains her and tries to comfort her, insisting it will be all right, but Alice breaks free, unconsoled by promises that cannot undo what happened.

Alice spirals into a panic attack despite being dead, with the room spinning and white noise drowning out Ezra’s words. She fixates on the impossibility of breathing without working lungs and wishes to undo the recent past, but cannot.

Ezra brings a cup to Alice’s lips, telling her to drink. Alice senses the blood is different and wrong, but the hunger and her exhaustion overrule her hesitation. She drinks it to dull the pain, recognizing as it hits her tongue that it is tainted, yet she continues.

As the glass empties, Alice’s legs give out. Ezra catches her and lowers her to the floor. This time, instead of fighting to get up as she did earlier in the cemetery, Alice yields to the pull of the ground and sinks into darkness.