Foxglove

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of gender discrimination, pregnancy termination, animal death, and sexual content.

Signa hires staff to clean up Foxglove before the last-minute ball. She encourages the spirits, many of whom she has befriended, to be on their best behavior. Before the ball, she changes into a luxurious gold dress for the ball and asks Amity to take her to her parents’ bedroom. Signa goes to the room, and she finally starts to feel close to them. Signa is surprised to see Death in his human form, and he reveals that he is there to kill Eliza Wakefield.

Blythe feels unsettled at Foxglove, knowing Death must be around the corner. She believes he must have killed Percy, rather than Signa. Prince Aris finds her and tells her not to worry about Death, and he is surprised when Blythe sees Death out of the corner of her eye. Everett and Charlotte enter the ball together, and Blythe sees the engagement ring on Charlotte’s finger. Eliza enters with Byron behind her, looking sicker than ever. Blythe asks Everett, who says that Eliza will not tell him anything. Everett seems angry with her after her father’s verdict.