Bryce is interrogated by Rhysand, Amren, and Azriel about the glowing script-tattoo on her back. When Bryce insists she does not know the language, Rhysand warns her against lying, and Amren senses something dangerous in the letters and demands that Nesta be brought in.

Rhysand returns with Nesta, who immediately confirms Bryce carries something Made beyond the sword she arrived with and identifies the tattoo as the source. The group debates what to do with Bryce; Nesta bluntly tells Bryce she can fight but will lose. Bryce threatens that touching the tattoo will reveal why the Asteri want her dead, and Bryce demands to know what “Made” means, but Amren shuts the exchange down and has Nesta dismissed.

Before they leave, Bryce asks Azriel where the sword is; Azriel says it is “somewhere safe.” Bryce asserts the Starsword is hers and wants it back, and Azriel challenges her to give them a good reason to return it. Bryce is then left alone for hours as meals appear, while a wall of oppressive darkness blocks the doorway and dampens her starlight, making escape impossible.

In confinement, Bryce obsesses over how to get off-planet without someone to power her up and activate the Horn. She recalls that the dagger was present when she arrived and repeats the prophecy about reuniting knife and sword, but doubts whether uniting the Fae is worth it and cannot decipher why she has been sent to the Fae homeworld or how to get home.

The chapter shifts to Lunathion, where Ithan and his group—Flynn, Dec, and Marc—rush through the Meat Market with Sigrid. As wolf howls close in, they argue about where to run; Ithan proposes seeking shelter at the Comitium with Isaiah Tiberian, though the others distrust angels and Archangels. At the exit door, Sigrid forces it open, and they come face-to-face with Sabine Fendyr, who fixates on Sigrid and tells her, “You look exactly like him.”