The chapter shifts into a memory from Oraya's youth. Two days after a boy she loved attacked her as a newly Turned vampire, Oraya's father, Vincent, comes to her room and tells her he has a gift for her. He leads her to the throne room, where Oraya finds the boy kneeling with his hands bound, terrified and apologizing.

Vincent orders Oraya to come closer and look at him. He gives Oraya a dagger and tells her that after teaching her how to wield her teeth, it is time to teach her how to bite. Vincent explains exactly how to kill with the blade and makes clear that Oraya must obey. As Oraya hesitates, Vincent frames the moment as both a lesson in survival and a consequence for trusting someone other than him.

Oraya realizes Vincent is punishing her for letting another person into her heart. Even so, she also accepts his logic that the world is dangerous and that softness will get her killed. Following Vincent's instructions, Oraya raises the dagger, aims slightly left of the boy's chest, and drives it into his heart while he begs her to stop.

The killing is physically and emotionally brutal. Vincent forces Oraya not to look away, making her watch the boy die. Afterward, Vincent offers no comfort and simply tells her she has done well before walking away. Left alone with the body and blood on the marble floor, Oraya loses a final piece of innocence; the chapter makes clear that this act, more than sex or romance, is the threshold that truly changes her.