Summary

The narrative then transitions to Allie. She receives a visit from Jocelyn, who asks for advice about her deformed skein, which is what causes the irregularities in her powers. Allie uses her powers to reform Allie’s skein into a functional shape and order. Later, Allie is a meeting with Tatiana and other female heads of state. At one point, Tatiana humiliates and severely physically harms a male waiter. Tatiana appears very unstable to Allie in that moment, and Allie grows privately concerned. The narrative then transitions to Roxy. Roxy and Allie confer about Tatiana’s increasingly unpredictable nature and how it could threaten their positions of power. Later, Roxy goes to a meeting in a remote location in Moldova arranged by one of her associates. However, she is ambushed and knocked out. Bernie has Roxy’s skein surgically removed in order to...