Before she gets on the train to Mexico, she changes her mind and realizes she loves Adrian and doesn't want to leave him. This is based on Jill's advice and a story from her and Adrian's old self-defense teacher, who told it to her when she went to return the gun she borrowed from him. She follows the latitude and longitude directions Adrian left her, and finds him at a museum of Roman antiquities. She professes her love for him and tells hims she's staying and that they will date in secret. When she gets back to the school, she finds her little sister, Zoe, waiting for her in her room, with a golden lily on her cheek. This is Stanton's answer to her plea for more help and protection, along with another Dhampir.