Once Upon a Broken Heart

Evangeline wakes to find Jacks holding on to her stiffly. LaLa is revealed to be a Fate—the Unwed Bride who represents “rejection, loss, and unhappily ever afters” (259). Her tears were used to poison Evangeline, but LaLa doesn’t know who did it. An article in the Daily Rumor implies Evangeline and Jacks killed Apollo. Though she’s reluctant to do so after how Jacks manipulated her, Evangeline forms an alliance with him to find the real killer and clear their names. She stipulates that they will have no secrets and that Jacks won’t use his power to control her emotions, thinking that he may have had more power than her “but that didn’t mean she was powerless” (265). Jacks agrees. Their first stop is a visit to Chaos, the Fate lord of spies and assassins.

A cheerful LaLa scours through the racks of wedding gowns she’s made to stave off the urge to get married. She prepares Evangeline to visit Chaos, dressing her in a revealing outfit of black and blue. In addition to being a Fate, Chaos is a vampire, and all the skin Evangeline is showing makes her nervous.