Misery leaves with Lowe for Emery's territory under heavy scrutiny from his pack. Mick, Cal, and Ludwig clearly dislike the plan, Juno is the least resistant, Ana is excited only because Lowe promised souvenirs, and Alex has already helped Misery prepare tech tools for the trip. Misery expects ordinary travel, but Lowe instead flies them himself in a small private plane, reminding her again how unusually capable and resourceful he is.

During the flight, as they prepare to land, Lowe finally explains what he meant by marking her. He says a verbal warning will not be enough at Emery's home and that he needs everyone there to understand by scent that Misery is part of his pack and protected from violence. Lowe tells her he will do this the traditional Were way by transferring his scent onto her body, and he carefully asks for Misery's explicit consent before touching her.

Once Misery agrees, Lowe explains Were scent glands and Vampyre pulse points, then begins scenting her neck. What starts as a practical act quickly becomes deeply intimate: he nuzzles, inhales, licks, bites lightly, and uses his mouth and skin to cover her with his scent. Misery, who had tried to treat the process lightly, realizes that the experience feels intensely pleasurable and unmistakably sexual, especially when Lowe says he loves her scent and handles her with reverent control.

The scenting escalates when Lowe turns Misery around, presses her back against him, and bites the back of her neck harder to complete the mark. Both of them react strongly to the contact, and Misery understands that the moment has crossed far beyond simple camouflage. Lowe abruptly pulls away as a car approaches the plane, announcing Emery's arrival, and he apologizes as though shaken by his own loss of control.

In the tense aftermath, Misery asks whether the scenting worked. Lowe confirms that it did, telling her that she now smells like him and, more pointedly, like she is his. The chapter ends with Emery arriving just as Misery and Lowe are forced to carry their newly intensified attraction into a dangerous political encounter.