Content Warning: This section contains descriptions of domestic abuse and explicit sexual content.

Sloane attends the funeral of her father, Simon Walton, along with her mother, Karen; her sister, Maeve; and her 12-year-old niece, Chloe. Knox and Nash Morgan, alongside their partners and Sloane’s friends, Naomi and Lina, attend the funeral along with Lucian Rollins. It is implied that Lucian is close with Sloane’s parents, but Sloane hates him, and his presence spoils her mood further. When Sloane’s reaction to Lucian is mistaken for hunger-induced light-headedness, Lucian takes her outside for fresh air. He calls her selfish for making her mother’s loss harder to bear but orders her favorite food from a local diner. Once the food is delivered and paid for, he leaves her outside to eat alone.

Lucian arranges a spa day for Karen Walton and her friends as repayment “for the neighbors who had given [him] everything” (19). Later, he receives a call from Special Agent Idler, who wants to discuss the elusive Felix Metzer. Lucian’s company has teamed up with the FBI to track down those involved in with the syndicate of the crime boss, Anthony Hugo. One of Hugo’s many crimes is commissioning a list of law enforcement officers for his henchmen to assassinate.