Jolted from nightmares, Feyre hears organized shouts and a faerie’s screams in the manor. At the stairs, she sees Tamlin bring in a blue-skinned Summer Court faerie, bleeding from raw, severed wing-stumps. Tamlin conjures water and bandages, explaining scouts found him dumped over the border.

The faerie repeats that she took my wings, and Tamlin tries to tend the wounds. Feyre helps restrain him, while Lucien, horrified, vomits and flees. Blood pours freely, and Tamlin admits he can no longer use his magic for major healing. The injuries will not clot; the faerie is dying.

Feyre holds the faerie’s hand and offers comfort, promising he will get his wings back, though she knows it is a lie. Tamlin recites an ancient prayer as the faerie’s life ebbs, and the faerie dies while Feyre stays with him until the blood grows cold.

Afterward, Tamlin guides Feyre upstairs. She asks to accompany him to bury the body; he refuses, choosing to do it alone. When Tamlin asks why she helped, Feyre admits she would not want to die alone and apologizes for killing Andras and for the hate that drove her. Tamlin departs to carry the body into the moonlit fields for burial.