Back in Aaron's old town of Lynn, Vilma is going through similar changes that Aaron went through: she too is Nephilim. Verchiel, meanwhile, uses angelic magic and transforms Stevie into Malak, a deadly hunter of false prophets and the Fallen. He intends to use his new creation to find Aaron and, if possible, kill him. What a sweet irony for Verchiel: to see Aaron killed by his own brother. Aaron finds Leviathan in a cave where he sees Camael, Gabriel and other magical creatures hanging in translucent sacks beneath the belly of the beast. He is seduced by the beast, but his angelic nature surfaces and rebels against the seduction; Aaron breaks free and saves those whom the beast feeds upon.