56 pages • 1 hour read
A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Content Warning: This section of the guide contains depictions of graphic violence, mental illness, physical abuse, and death.
At the safe house, Michael is fitted with a bulletproof vest and surveillance equipment for a sting operation in the Grand Ballroom. Cassie, Dean, Lia, and Sloane monitor the feeds. Sloane shows that the crime scenes form a spiral on a map culminating at the Majesty. The team realizes Michael fits the emerging victim profile. Cassie connects the pattern to Tory Howard, deducing that Tory is the intended final victim. With this insight, Cassie suddenly realizes the killer’s identity and urgently calls Agent Sterling.
The killer moves through the crowded Grand Ballroom with a concealed knife. He is aware the FBI is watching Michael. As he counts down, the power cuts out as planned. In the chaos, he bypasses his decoy and moves toward his true target, Aaron Shaw. Approaching him from behind, the killer slices Aaron’s throat and melts back into the panicked crowd.
The video feeds from the ballroom go black. On the phone, Agent Sterling confirms to Cassie that Michael is safe. Cassie urgently informs Sterling that the killer is Beau Donovan and his real target is Aaron Shaw. Just then, the lights come back on, and a scream erupts over the line.