Chapter Twenty-Five

Summary

• Hunt worried about the implications if Micah found out that he had revealed the truth about the events from one night.
• Throughout the chapter, Hunt trailed Quinlin through the city, contemplating how to convince her to keep quiet about his misstep.
• He received calls delivering no significant information about the kristallos, affirming the Viper Queen's alibi, and confirming a previous victim as a missing acolyte.
• Hunt regretted his decision to bring Quinlan to a murder scene, failing to recognize her shock as a state of trauma.
• He internally acknowledged the wrongness of his suspicion of Quinlan's involvement in the murders and his disclosure of these suspicions to her.
• Despite feeling uncertain about his actions and morals, Hunt realized he owed Quinlan an apology.
• He landed near where Quinlan, known in this segment as Bryce, entered a club called the White Raven.
• After arguing with the bouncers about his entry to the club, Hunt successfully got in and discovered Bryce drinking what he initially thought was alcohol, but turned out to be water.
• Bryce showed hostility toward Hunt, and expressed frustration with his assumptions about her drinking habits and his attempts to control her eating.
• When Bryce went to the bathroom, Ruhn, the Crown Prince of the Valbaran Fae, revealed to Hunt details about Bryce's past including her ceased habits of dancing and drinking after a friend named Danika died.
• The chapter ends on a cliffhanger: the club suddenly exploded after Bryce had made up her mind to approach Hunt and Ruhn.