Another flashback from Raihn’s perspective depicts a painful Turning. When he wakes up as a vampire, King Neculai forbids him from ever leaving to reunite with his family.

Ketura, Mische, Septimus, and a group of trusted Nightborn and Bloodborn guards accompany Raihn and Oraya to Lahor to meet with Evelaena.

Evelaena invites them into her ramshackle great hall, where she has prepared a welcome feast. The room contains dozens of guests, all Turned children no older than 12, and several naked humans lying on the banquet tables.