Rosabelle awoke to a late-night knock after days of insomnia and fixation on James and her mission to find a vial. She armed herself with a hidden butterknife and opened the door to Leon, who appeared unstable and claimed he received a note from her professing devotion and willingness to do anything for him.

Rosabelle denied writing any note and tried to get Leon to hand it over. Leon recited the same lines repeatedly, his eyes dilated and focus wavering, then abruptly shifted demeanor, taunting Rosabelle by saying she was not special and implying others would act if she would not. His affect repeatedly flipped between aggressive clarity and tearful confusion.

When Rosabelle pressed for details, Leon insisted the note was his and read the same lines again. He then showed her the page, which was blank, and said he knew she had not gone through his things. Rosabelle noticed a slinky black “skin” flash over his eyes. Leon said, “He made me find it,” suggesting someone else had forced him to retrieve something hidden.

As Leon’s behavior escalated, Rosabelle threatened him at knifepoint to force answers. Leon produced a glass vial filled with a dark substance, saying Klaus had made him find it and deliver it to Rosabelle. He also claimed Klaus had made him leave his room. Rosabelle took the warm vial, recognizing its potential importance to her mission.

Leon then made disturbing, intimate remarks, and referenced that “they” took Rosabelle’s father the way “they” took his wife, asking if she could feel it happening again. When Rosabelle demanded to know where Klaus was, Leon’s voice and posture shifted again; the black film crossed his eyes and he stated, “Klaus is here.”

The chapter ended with Leon seizing Rosabelle by the throat and lifting her off her feet, indicating immediate physical danger as the vial had just changed hands and Klaus’s influence appeared active through Leon.