Rowin and Genevieve have sex. As they finish, they are interrupted by Covin. Because of the rules of Birds and Stones, Covin must stay with them. They play games in the library to pass the time, and though Covin makes some ominous statements about Knox ruining Rowin and Genevieve’s happy ending, the time is enjoyable. Ellin interrupts with only 15 minutes left in the round. She attacks Covin, who earlier cut off her ear, enraging her. Covin punches Ellin in the stomach, making her vomit. Ellin guilts Covin for hurting her, distracting him before stabbing him through the heart. Rowin and Genevieve spend the rest of the day being intimate in Rowin’s bed. Genevieve falls asleep as Rowin goes to find Ellin.

Genevieve wakes up to her ring burning hot. She finds Grave in the room, having used his Void Wraith powers to open a portal into Rowin’s bedroom. He tells her that he spoke with Knox and found the catch in his offer to let both Rowin and Genevieve be free forever if they win the Hunt: None of the other Silver siblings will ever be free again. Even when they win the Hunt, they will be sent to Hell to serve Knox. Grave is unwilling to let this happen, so he plans to kill Genevieve. Before he can kill her, Rowin bursts in and uses his shadows to fight Grave. Grave and Rowin use their powers against each other until Ellin stops them. Grave tells her what Knox said, but Ellin still refuses to let him kill Genevieve unfairly. Rowin puts Genevieve back to bed, but she can’t stop thinking about how he again called her his when defending her from Grave.

Genevieve cannot sleep, so she and Rowin go to the library to pass the time until the next round of the Hunt. At midnight, the Hunting Blade chooses Rowin and Genevieve as the Hunters. Rowin selects Ready or Not, as it does not allow a head start like the other games. Rowin approaches Ellin, who asks him to do what they agreed. Rowin stabs Ellin, ending the round. Knox is angry that there was not more theatrics, but Rowin and Grave promise a serious showdown in the final round, which placates Knox.

Rowin and Genevieve wait for the final round in the library, enjoying the companionable silence of each other’s company. Genevieve asks if there are any more secrets between them, and Rowin tells her no. Rowin tells her that she’s saved him, and she says that he’s saved her, too.

Knox welcomes them to the final round of the Hunt. Genevieve wins Favored, so the Soul Lock appears in her pocket. Knox explains that the final round has some new rules, given that none of the Silvers have been able to kill Genevieve so far. Knox says that all players can go for the knife and can also use their powers, and if either Grave or Rowin kills Genevieve, all the Silver siblings will be set free from the Hunt. Genevieve warns Knox that Salem will come after him, but Knox claims he will keep Genevieve’s soul and threaten to torture her for eternity if Salem tries. Grave asks Rowin if he wants to kill Genevieve or have Grave do it, and Rowin apologizes to Genevieve for what he’s about to do.

Genevieve runs into the maze frantically. Rowin and Grave corner her, and Knox appears to celebrate the gory end of the Hunt. Rowin pins Genevieve back against the hedges as she tells him that she hates him. He makes her play two truths and lie. He says that she loves him, that she is his, and that her plan isn’t going to work. Prior to the final round, Genevieve and Rowin hatched a plan to escape the Hunt by working alongside Grave to free their family. Rowin will kill Genevieve but capture her soul inside the Soul Lock while Grave holds Knox back using his powers. Grave convinced Knox to capture Genevieve’s soul the night before, making Knox think the plan was his own idea. Genevieve tells Rowin that his lie is that the plan won’t work, and she tells him that she is his before prompting him to stab her in the heart.

Genevieve feels the burning as the knife is inside her, but the flames don’t scare her because Rowin is with her. She watches from above as he holds her and takes out the Soul Lock to capture her soul. She thinks of his name over and over as she fades into oblivion.

Genevieve wakes up in Grimm Manor, trying to remember how she got there. Salem appears and tells her that she’s in big trouble. Genevieve remembers searching for something like the love Salem and Ophelia have, but she only remembers being in Rome and then finding the gates of Enchantra and eating the demonberries. Salem explains that the berries had nothing to do with it, telling Genevieve that she died. Four days ago, two large men delivered Genevieve’s corpse and the Soul Lock with her soul to Grimm Manor. To reunite her soul with her body, Salem had to take the memories of someone that Genevieve loves. Genevieve cycles through the people she loves, but she cannot remember who she’s forgotten.

Ophelia comes upstairs and reunites with Genevieve, apologizing for their mother’s inability to give Genevieve the love and attention she deserves. Ophelia gives Genevieve a letter, one of many, that will help her recover her memories. The letter is from a man named Rowington Silver.

Genevieve and Rowin’s story comes in waves in the letters he writes to her, but her memories do not return. As the letters reveal the truth of their marriage and romantic relationship, Genevieve’s longing grows worse while her memories remain lost. Genevieve receives a package from Rowin with the inscribed bracelet and a letter promising to never give up trying to return Genevieve’s memories, even though it seems increasingly hopeless.

Ophelia, Salem, and Genevieve walk through the French Quarter toward their favorite bookstore. Genevieve decides to stop in a bakery for a praline. As she opens the door, she bumps into an extremely handsome stranger. The stranger notes a signet ring on the ground and asks Genevieve if it’s hers. She says no and that she finds the ring ugly, and the stranger laughs sadly. Genevieve almost leaves, then she feels strangely called to say that the ring is hers. The stranger gives it to her, and Genevieve leaves before he changes his mind and takes it back.

Two weeks later, Genevieve begins to have strange dreams. She wakes and decides to put on the ring the stranger gave her. All at once, her memories of Enchantra and Rowin, who was the handsome stranger, return to her.

Genevieve watches a memory of Rowin’s. Rowin went to Hell to ask the King of Devils to give Genevieve her memories back. At first, the King refused unless Rowin convinced Salem to return to him, but Rowin said he wouldn’t betray Genevieve’s sister. Rowin instead offered his immortality, letting the King tie Rowin’s lifespan to Genevieve’s. The King accepted and placed Genevieve’s memories into the signet ring that served as her wedding band. Genevieve needed to pick up the ring on her own and decide to wear it to get her memories back. Before Rowin left, a Devil with long hair told him to warn Salem that he was coming for him.

Genevieve runs downstairs at midnight, determined to find Rowin and tell him about the cure for Crimson Rot, as her memories from the trove have also returned to her. She runs into the city of New Orleans searching frantically for Rowin. He appears out of the shadows, and they embrace. Genevieve tells Rowin that she knows he traded away his immortality, and Rowin says it’s well worth it to spend a mortal lifetime at her side and in her light.

Genevieve and her friend Luci prepare Grimm Manor for the arrival of Rowin, Grave, and Sevin. Luci has been staying with the Grimm sisters after a difficult couple of months in her life. Rowin left for two weeks to help Grave and Sevin search for the cure for Crimson Rot. Knox was forced to give Vira another fix after the last Hunt, so now the siblings have a year to find the cure before Vira dies. They found a lead that the Daemonica may know something about the cure, so Sevin plans to infiltrate the group. Rowin tells Genevieve that he missed her before carrying her upstairs to their room.