Rian is dead. Amy reflects on this which leads her to a deeper reflection regarding the vampiric condition as a whole. In the end, she's not sad: Rian is just no more.

Usui attempted to teach himself how to better read English with children's book, but when even that proves challenging, Suki is there to rescue him. They form an unlikely alliance in the quest for greater ability.

Beauregard dumps his clutch tragedies all over Raziyya. She offers to be regent. He ponders it, gets weird, suggests his weirdness away, then accepts her offer.

Alice and Asher totally don’t adopt a new pet.

A pushy grizzly disturbs a practice session by Samiel, and a polar bear disturbs everyone

An attempt by Holly to close the distance between the Hopper siblings turns sour when Hadley reacts with anguish to her good news and reveals themselves to have been working behind her back, pushing her to stress shift

Alan and Catrina meet in person for the first time. An alliance is formed.

Jaime returns to Ridgefield after some worrisome texts and goes fishing for a badly wounded Rocco in a storm drain.

Rocco brutally murders a friend out of passion, and Beauregard is grossed out by vampires doing vampire things.

After learning Mathis is in jail, Charlie goes to visit. Mathis wants to break the bonds of Sparrow Kiln, and Charlie frankly agrees. They deserved better than this.

A raven and a mockingbird sit upon a wire one last time.

Hoping to test her thoughts against a different perspective, Kaida ends up testing her patience in a call with Beauregard. She doesn't do particularly well at this test, probably a D-, but she certainly gets new perspective.