Bryce gets home to find the Pack of Devils taking over the apartment after a sunball win. Amid teasing and TV noise, Connor signals trouble with the Briggs meeting, sending Bryce to the kitchen for answers from Danika.

Danika reports that Philip Briggs has been officially released after Micah, the Autumn King, and the Oracle found no legal way to hold him; Ruhn and Declan turned up nothing. Sabine assigns the Scythe Moon Pack and the 33rd to watch Briggs, but Danika is rattled and on edge.

Pressed by Bryce, Danika reveals Sabine ambushed her outside Micah’s office, blaming her for two CCU research students ripped apart and partially eaten near Luna’s Temple during last week’s blackout—on Danika’s shift. The Prime slept through the meeting; the killer remains unknown. Danika feels guilty for being close by and missing it, while the pack descends on the pizzas to break the tension.

Between banter about Bryce’s stalled hunt for Luna’s Horn and her upcoming date, we learn Danika’s side security job at Redner Industries and that she introduced Bryce to Reid. Bryce readies herself, reflecting on abandoned ballet dreams and Juniper’s success, and emerges to more teasing.

In the kitchen, Connor bluntly asks Bryce out, proposing a low-stakes “trial run.” Bryce refuses—she doesn’t date wolves and won’t cede control to Vanir, recalling her Fae father’s possessiveness and her own long lifespan ahead. She departs after the friends’ “Light it up” exchange and Danika’s rare “Love you,” stepping into Crescent City’s tumult as threats and loyalties complicate the night.