Genevieve ran from the house to the labyrinth, pursued by Rowin as Knox had engineered a finale where her death within an hour would free Rowin and his siblings. She navigated the maze to its center, where Rowin, Grave, and then Knox converged. Knox gloated about the spectacle, and Rowin pinned Genevieve against the hedge with his shadow magic, taunting the thin line between love and loathing.

Rowin prompted a coded exchange, calling for “Two truths and a lie.” He told Genevieve three statements: that she loved him, that she was his, and that her plan would fail. This confused Knox and Grave, but signaled Genevieve. She revealed the Soul Lock and identified his statements as “Truth, truth, lie,” confirming their secret plan to outmaneuver Knox.

Grave acted, freezing Knox in place at great effort while urging Genevieve to move quickly. A brief flashback clarified the plan’s origin: after previous confrontations, Genevieve had proposed using the Soul Lock; she and Rowin had then spent hours convincing Grave, invoking Salem, that this was their final chance to save the family. As part of the setup, Grave had subtly steered Knox that morning to prefer capturing Genevieve’s soul over killing her and to stage the brothers’ apparent betrayal for maximum spectacle.

With Knox immobilized, Genevieve clasped the Soul Lock around her neck and opened the locket, preparing it to receive her soul. She and Rowin shared a final exchange in which Genevieve acknowledged finding a chosen family with Rowin and affirmed, “I am yours,” asking him to take care of her soul. Grave strained to maintain his hold on Knox, warning he could not hold him long.

To complete the ruse and activate the Soul Lock under the show’s lethal constraints, Genevieve gripped Rowin’s hand on a blade and thrust it through her own heart. The chapter ended on the decisive act, with the implication that her soul would be captured by the locket rather than lost to Knox’s designs.