As the masquerade’s revelers unmask, Genevieve feels exposed and asks Rowin what happened upstairs; Rowin refuses to talk. Knox presents the enchanted Hunting Blade to select the first Hunter. The hovering blade spins and points to Grave, then launches at him. Grave catches it at the last moment, grinning as the crowd reacts with mixed cheers and groans.

Knox dismisses non-Silver guests back to the Hellmouth under threat. He asks Grave to choose a game, and Grave selects "roaming rooms," prompting groans from the siblings. Knox declares they have ten minutes to hide, pointedly looking at Genevieve. Remi and Covin vanish in blinks; Ellin and Wells run off; only Genevieve, Rowin, and Sevin linger. Rowin whispers for Genevieve to wait in the foyer because he has something to do, then leaves for the stairs. Sevin warns Genevieve that if Grave is smiling, she should be running, and departs.

Genevieve heads to the foyer to wait but, anxious as the minutes dwindle and with no sign of Rowin, decides to rely on herself. She slips outside into the cold before time expires, reasoning that avoiding rooms could counter the game. She heads for the garden labyrinth, now lined with mirrors in gilt frames. Bitterly cold without her magic, she hides at the maze’s center by the silver fountain, wrapping her dress around herself.

After what feels like an hour, she hears footsteps and feels Rowin’s signet heat against her finger, warning of danger. A gruff voice—Grave—calls out that he knows she is in the maze. Genevieve forces her frozen body to move and runs for the exit, realizing too late that her footprints have betrayed her path.

Near the house, she snaps off a branch to sweep away the last section of her tracks and wedges herself into a narrow gap behind the vine-covered lattice on the façade. Thorns tear at her as she presses into the stone, watching through the vines as Grave emerges from the maze with the Hunting Blade. He surveys the porch and ground, then appears to turn away, prompting a tear of relief from Genevieve—until he doubles back.

Grave stabs the blade through the lattice multiple times, each thrust closer than the last, one nearly striking Genevieve’s eye. She suppresses a scream and holds still as he chooses several more spots to probe and then finally leaves. Genevieve waits until her danger-sensing ring cools, then peers through a hole, squeezes out, and creeps toward the porch steps.

As she rounds the corner to climb the steps, she runs headfirst into a warm, solid person, ending the scene on that collision.