Weeks after Phantasma’s fall, Ophelia walks through New Orleans and reflects on how much the city has changed. Devil’s Manor is gone, the cathedral has been restored, and people sense that the nights have grown lighter now that Devils no longer seem to roam the streets. Ophelia herself feels safer and stronger, more willing to face darkness without being ruled by it.

When Ophelia reaches Grimm Manor, she is excited to return home and surprise Genevieve. The manor feels lighter too, because the sisters have begun cleaning it out and putting Tessie Grimm’s belongings away so they can finally stop living under the weight of their mother’s memory. As Ophelia thinks about her future, she also considers reshaping the Grimm family work into something new: a safer way to help paranormal beings before desperation pushes them into dangerous bargains.

Instead of Genevieve, Ophelia finds Salem waiting inside with Poe. Their conversation shows how settled their new life has become. Salem and Genevieve have been researching the now-dormant locket that once freed Salem, but they have found no answers about how the Grimm women came to possess such an important object. Salem also confirms that the travel tickets Ophelia collected are ready, revealing that he has used his restored power to arrange a gift for Genevieve and to indulge Ophelia freely.

Genevieve arrives just as Salem and Ophelia are flirting, and Ophelia presents the envelope. Genevieve is thrilled by the surprise and rushes off to plan, showing how much the sisters’ relationship has improved. Left alone again, Ophelia and Salem fall easily back into intimacy, and Salem kisses the nine golden stars Phantasma left on Ophelia’s skin. The chapter closes with Ophelia fully embracing the peaceful future she fought to win, treasuring Salem as the piece of heaven she rescued from Hell.