The prince calls in a favor from King Minos, and she was brought to the labyrinth of Daedalus to be slaughtered by the Minotaur, though she gave birth before her death.

In the present, Bec becomes acclimated to being alive once more, and the strangeness of the modern world, eased by accessing Bill-E's memories still within his brain.

Six months have passed since they prevented the apocalypse, with Bec growing increasingly uncomfortable after telling Dervish about Bill-E's memories, which he asks to be recounted to him in his grieving.

Meera's visits give Bec a measure of emotional support as she attempts to avoid all physical contact.

During the next visit by Meera, Bec eventually admits that Dervish is using her power to connect to Bill-E's memories vicariously, leaving her feeling used.

In another flashback, Beranabus eventually finds his way out of the labyrinth, and found years in the dark caused daylight to be painful to his eyes.

He falls in love with Bec and after losing her, he gains a measure of human sanity and puts his demonic interests behind him.

Bec briefly fights Juni, and the demonic magic present lets Dervish recover, who hurls an attack at her.

He keeps a track on Juni, then when she leaves Lord Loss's realm they open a portal to her, and after finding out it is a place full of magic all of them move in after her.

Bran attempts to commit suicide on the shore, but is saved by a group of Old Creatures, ancient entities of powerful magic and light utterly opposed to the Demonata, and preservers of mortal life.

He tracks the last remaining Old Creature in Newgrange, who tells them it is their time to leave Earth; humanity has to fend for itself with him as their guardian.

Beranabus, Sharmilla, Kernel, Dervish and Bec arrive on a boat, a luxury cruise liner which has been systematically slaughtered.

They discover that the ship is encased within a bubble of magic, akin to Slawter, which allows Sharmila's artificial legs and Dervish's heart to work.

Here they find the professional Disciple spy Kirilli Kovacs who explains how he had been tracking two mages that were working for somebody else and waiting for orders on when to open the window.

They refuse again and Cadaver is sacrificed to open a lodestone, letting the Shadow, a tentacled monster with no face, causing all the dead on the ship to animate impossibly.

She relays this by magic to Beranabus who turns into his full demon form in order to fight it and break the lodestone.

Once done, Bec takes Kirilli's magic to free a lifeboat and send it to the hole, created by Sharmilla's sacrifice, leaving the group stranded in the middle of the ocean with minimal supplies as the ship sinks nearby.