Summary

Dark Fire. Leah takes care of the Blood Incubuses at the entrance of the cave with her cat, Bade, making it clear for Ethan and the others to move inside. They make their way deep inside and come up to where Serafina and her army are calling the Claiming moon. Lena is unconscious in John’s lap. Ridley worries that this means Lena has already been claimed. Amma arrives with Twyla, Arelia, and Gramma. Amma and her friends call the Elders to help.

Seventeen Moons. The Blood Incubuses move to attack Ethan and his friends, but Macon throws up some sort of light that encloses them. Ethan runs to Lena and tries to wake her. Lena fights Ethan, still filled with guilt and afraid of becoming evil. Ethan tells her what his mother told him and that she should claim herself. Lena does...