Rogan receives a call from an anonymous woman informing him that he will find Cord at the Bijou Theater—the same place Dianne imprisoned him for his transformation. Hanging up, Dianne tells Remy that the bounty hunter is coming. Remy is pleased with the arrangement: one down, one to go, he says, satisfied after Skorzeny’s death and anticipating Eric’s. He is furious that Skorzeny, Eric, and Rogan have all converged on his doorstep, especially now, when he is poised for a political ascension to the statehouse—real power, the kind he has not wielded since 1914. Dianne’s persistent questions grate on him, and with a mere thought he forces her to bare her neck, prepared for slaughter. A moment later, he withdraws the command, and she resumes her composure unaware she was seconds from death.

Arriving at the theater, Rogan searches every shadowed wing only to find the corpse of a mime where Eric had once been secured. Later, Rogan and Detective Delany trade barbs over Skorzeny’s body. Delany had him pegged as his prime suspect, but now that Skorzeny is dead, suspicion pivots to Eric. Rogan admits he came for Skorzeny, but the kill resolves nothing. Now he hunts someone new.

Meanwhile, Eric breaks into Remy’s estate. Remy reflects briefly on his past, recounting the moment he met Dianne and turned her when he operated under the Nazi banner. His nostalgia ends the moment he senses Eric’s presence. Their exchange is civil only until Remy demonstrates his dominance. With a psychic command, he forces Eric to raise a blade and cut his own throat, just enough to bleed. He releases Eric only to announce that he will end the suffering properly.

When Dianne refuses to carry out Remy’s command to finish Eric, she pays instantly. Remy’s claws slash her in a blur of rage. Eric bolts, fleeing the estate as Remy’s wolf form tears after him, the hunt renewed and merciless.