Betsy intervenes to protect Jovan, provoking a man named Thorne. She defiantly returns Thorne's love token, shattering their alliance. Betsy then tends to Jovan's wounds, but he is suspicious of her motives, recalling her past cruelty from a previous life. To prove her sincerity, Betsy asks Jovan, a wolf-man, to mark her—a permanent, lifelong bond. Despite his disbelief, she convinces him she is serious, and his mystical curse begins to crack. After the mark is made, Jovan is left alone, tormented by the fear that she will regret her choice.