The color drained from Stella when described what he had done. She had used the stories to fuel her hatred of vampires and justify why he should be kept in a cell. Stella doesn't look at his face, but instead at Liam, who is still happily leaning against his father. Sensing his mother's gaze, the boy opens his mismatched eyes. "Yes, you where a monster. But you have changed. I see it in your eyes." At the end of the day they still make their way back to the temple. Stella still drapes herself around Dagger on their pile of furs, Liam sleeping draped on top of their bodies and Rachel curled up in a ball against Stella's back.