After Blackwell vanishes, Ophelia enters the dining hall and is immediately confronted by the other contestants, who have been primed by Cade to think she is some kind of Demon. Cade and Beau advance on her, and when Ophelia refuses to back down, Cade slaps her hard enough to split her lip. James and Charlotte publicly point out that Ophelia is clearly mortal because she bleeds red, which undercuts Cade’s accusation, but the confrontation leaves the room tense and makes clear that Cade now openly hates her.

The lights then fail and a new Devil, Drima, appears to announce level two: Lust. When a male contestant makes a crude remark, Drima erases his mouth as a warning against indulging desire too freely. She reveals the trial clue, which tells the contestants they must choose one vice, discover the truth before the fourth bell, and find freedom beneath a bed. After Edna is forced to leave the now-speechless Mason behind, Ophelia is called through the portal.

Inside, Ophelia finds an extravagant orgy-like chamber full of masked revelers, black silk, jewels, and mirrored ceilings. A waiter offers her a choice of colored drinks and, after vague pressure, she chooses red. When the first bell sounds, the drink clouds her mind and fills her with euphoric bloodlust. She is lured toward a bejeweled woman, watches aerial performers descend on silk, and only dimly registers that the guests are stabbing them and drinking their blood. A familiar-looking man intervenes, pulls her away, and gives her a pink drink that clears her head enough for her to remember the clue. He appears to be Blackwell and tells her she chose bloodlust and must exchange blood with someone to escape.

As the third bell nears, Ophelia grows suspicious. The man knew to find her even though she never intentionally summoned him, he calls her "sweetheart" instead of his usual nickname, and her locket remains lifeless in his presence. When she realizes he is not Blackwell, the impostor drops the disguise and tries to overpower her, offering to become her deepest fantasy if she lets him into her mind. Ophelia breaks his nose, the illusion dissolves into smoke, and she attacks the next figure who appears before discovering that this second arrival is the real Blackwell: her locket warms, his magic feels familiar, and he calls her "angel."

Blackwell explains the real structure of the trial: each contestant is shown an illusion of the person they lust after most, and the trap is to either indulge the chosen vice or lose too much time in the fantasy. Ophelia admits the supposed antidote was just part of the manipulation. Working together, she and Blackwell search beneath the beds for the hidden exit while the room keeps trying to tempt and distract her, even producing another false Blackwell. Ophelia resists, injures the illusion, and Blackwell finally finds the trap door beneath a bed. He promises to jump with her, pulls her close, and they leap through the opening just as the fourth bell chimes, letting her clear the level in time.