A man speaks of ripping his soul apart for Lena and the Gray Moon Army. Another person commands someone called 'darling' to hold still, stating that once a 'useless little bond' is severed, they can stop pretending 'she' matters. The action triggers a violent backlash through soul and blood. A woman realizes the man broke their primary blood bond by force to gain power, leaving her feeling torn apart and discarded as merely the wife he scraped off his soul.