Summary

Ten weeks later, Fidelma discovered that someone had painted “Where Wolves Fuck” on the outside wall of Vlad’s clinic. Fidelma also heard that Vlad’s car’s tires had burst while he was driving. After these events, near a lake, Vlad told Fidelma that they could not meet again, as it was getting too dangerous. While he told her this, Fidelma noticed a man in black watching them from across the way. Around this time, Fidelma also began to regularly vomit, confirming her pregnancy. Vlad told her to deny everything. When the cops asked Fidelma about the graffiti, she told them that she had no enemies.

Sometime later, Fidelma’s book club boarded a bus to visit Dublin, in honor of Yeats. When Vlad boarded, an old senile woman asked if he was the devil. Vlad was very quiet...