Boone continues his killing rampage and pays a visit to Damek at the House of Armaya. Krista learns Boone's whereabouts through her A.D.E. and rescues his hostage Patricia (Jenn Bird -- "Stargate: Atlantis"). Charlotte (Emily Hurst), the diminutive head of Chthon, confronts Marcus about Aurora. Chase attacks and presumably kills Boone, so Marcus sends her to Berlin to find a pregnant patient. Blade also travels to Berlin to get to the pregnant patient, Vanessa (Sonja Bennett -- "The Dead Zone," "Stargate: Atlantis"), but Chase and other Familiars get to her first. Blade kidnaps Vanessa and blows up the Institute. Marcus catches Krista trying to steal the vaccine--and tells her it doesn't work.
While investigating the virus that had been implanted in Vanessa, Blade learns about the murder of Flannigan, a cop who helped care for him when he was a child. In a flashback, Blade's backstory reveals that the former Eric Brooks ended up in the hands of Whistler when his father, and a kind nurse named Viola, were no longer able to control "Eric's" need to feed. Krista takes drastic measures to save her mother. Marcus sends Chase to Vegas on a business errand. When someone from Blade's childhood is murdered, Blade has to stop the assailant before he can harm Viola.
Despondent over recent tragic events, Krista goes on a bender and becomes unavailable to both Marcus and Blade. Blade learns that the liquid taken from Vanessa is part of Marcus' plot to extinguish the Pure Bloods. Marcus forces Krista to relive his ADE and, in a flashback, learns of the tragedy that befell him and his wife. Damek pays Marcus a visit, demanding priority access to Aurora.
Blade pursues a contact in the House of Armaya (Ryan Robbins -- "Stargate: Atlantis," "Supernatural") who has information on Marcus' experiments. Krista accompanies Chase (series star JESSICA GOWER) to an AA meeting for an unexpected meal. Krista tells Blade about the vaccine called Aurora and agrees to procure a sample. FBI Agent Ray Collin's (Larry Poindexter -- "CSI: NY," "Nip/Tuck") investigation of the murder of trooper Hirsch leads him to Detective Boone (Bill Mondy -- "The Dead Zone," "Reunion"), a cop turned vampire.
Krista runs into Uncle Pat (Don Thompson -- "Supernatural," "Smallville") at a gala with Marcus and learns her mother has leukemia. Blade takes a captive Vanessa to Paris, fending off vampires eager to get her back. Hot on Boone's trail, Special Agent Collins visits a wounded Patricia. Charlotte demands Marcus meet with Damek from the Armayan House, who wants in on Aurora. With Chase injured, Marcus sends Krista and Jakob to get Vanessa back from Blade. Dr. Lambert's examination of Vanessa shows she isn't actually carrying a baby but an ominous unknown fluid.
When Marcus (series star NEIL JACKSON) keeps Krista from leaving the House of Chthon, she is forced to make her way without the help of Blade or Shen. With Krista unavailable to him, Blade seeks proof of Marcus' vaccine through Reverend Carlyle (William MacDonald -- "Hollow Man 2," "Slither"), a link to the "asher" community. Marcus explains the rules of all the Houses to Krista.
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