Chapters 40-44 Summary

In Chapter 40, Streator goes to a diner to speak with Nash about the rash of model deaths that have taken place recently. When Streator arrives, he finds all the customers and employees of the diner dead. This confirms what Streator has suspected, that Nash has been killing models with the culling spell in order to have sex with them. Nash confirms this. Nash admits that he found the culling song by accessing a copy of the book at the Library of Congress. Nash then attempts to use the culling song on Streator, but he has to read it. Streator is able to recite the culling song in his head before Nash can read it, killing Nash first.

In Chapter 41, Streator is arrested when the police come to the diner. Streator calls Helen and she promises to get Streator out, but he...