Mallory hides in a room after finding the sapphire ring under Armand’s vanity. Despite trying to convince herself the ring isn’t Julie’s, she cannot ignore the evidence: Julie’s description of her beau, the pressed flower in her prayer book, and the ring itself. She resolves to report Armand to the police but is overwhelmed by conflicting emotions. Drawn to his curiosity, his vulnerability, his trust in her, and especially the way he kissed her, she is determined to be absolutely certain before acting and asks Anaïs for help.

Anaïs reluctantly agrees, voicing fear about her death magic, a power she finds unnatural and has avoided using all her life. When she asks whom Mallory suspects, if not the ghost Le Bleu, Mallory admits she fears it was Armand; Anaïs confesses the same.

The sisters enter the neglected chapel where Julie’s body lies unnaturally preserved. Mallory places a five-minute hourglass on the altar and asks Anaïs if she’s ready. As Anaïs grasps Julie’s hand, Mallory flips the timer. The lantern extinguishes, and Julie’s eyes fly open, revealing that Anaïs long feared death magic is the ability to awaken the dead.