Blake and Susu find a way out of the Coliseum and realize there's only one person who can help them: Bloodthirsty Hearts novelist Agnes Lipa. Agnes could help them save Deni's life but also defeat Xafaros and the Strigalas once and for all. Meanwhile as Joy, Erin and a semi-lucid Deni helplessly hide out in a concession stand, in moseys an oddly chill Timofey Kent who agrees to help them escape.