After finding Noah’s body, Noah acts more like a ghost—appearing and disappearing at random. One day, Neeve tells Blue she sees death around her, and when Blue says the dead person has been dead for a long time, Neeve ominously warns, “There’ll be more before it’s done” (290).

One afternoon, Adam is studying at the apartment when Ronan’s brother arrives with news that Ronan is getting kicked out of Aglionby because of his low grades. Adam tells Gansey, who calls Aglionby’s guidance counselor and hints at a donation to the school if Ronan is allowed to stay. The counselor gives Ronan until the end of the year, and Gansey hangs up with a smile “though he was as far away from amused as he’d ever been” (298).

Blue goes to the apartment while Gansey is away with his family. Adam and Ronan are there, and while Ronan feeds the baby raven, Adam and Blue look through a box of potentially supernatural things Gansey collected in the area. Adam tells Blue she’s pretty, which makes Blue both tingly and nervous. She tries to explain the prediction about her true love, but she chickens out, instead saying she’s afraid to kiss him because she’s very young.