Ninth House

Alex and Pamela head to Wolf’s Head society in order to use their temple to communicate with the dead. To gain access, Alex needs something to barter. She retrieves a statue of Remus and Romulus stolen from Wolf’s Head by Scroll and Key the previous year. In the Wolf’s Head tomb, Alex gets into an argument with the society’s president, Salome, who wants to renege on their deal and not let the young woman in. Alex physically assaults her and threatens to tear off her earrings and bash in her teeth.

A flashback shows that Alex has had to learn to fight dirty and use physical force while working illegally at a strip club as a teenager. She needed to make a lot of money fast after a drug deal went bad and she and Len were in danger from the drug distributor.

In the temple, Pamela guides Alex and the Bridegroom through the necessary ritual. In order to breach the veil, the young woman needs to undergo a near-death experience through drowning. Pamela secures Alex’s hands and pushes her head into a water basin. Alex starts drowning, but at the moment of death, she finds herself in a place that resembles Ancient Egypt.