The Master's offer to return Zack plagues Eph as he considers taking the deal. Dutch reunites with an old group of friends but begins to question if her safety is better with them or with Fet, Eph and Setrakian. Palmer strives for answers to Setrakian's secret strigoi blood treatments and discovers he may have a way to acquire it.
A team of scientists research the white blood of the vampires in guinea pigs. Fet learns from a soldier that the SEALs will leave New York and head to protect Washington. Eph seeks out Setrakian and Fet and discloses Nora's death and Zach abduction but Quinlan suspects his true intention of visiting his friends. Zach is locked in a room and Kelly tries to make his staying pleasant with books. Dutch is looting apartments in a building with her friends. When they are attacked by vampires, Dutch is left behind. Thomas Eichhorst meets Eldritch Palmer at his office and regrets the death of Coco. Then one scientist explains that the vampire white blood does not work since it is toxic for humans. Meanwhile Fet tells Setrakian and Eph that Rudyard Fonescu wants to see him. They leave Eph alone in the place with the Occido Lumen. What will he do?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil