Scythe & Sparrow

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes descriptions of sexual content, physical abuse, and cursing.

Rose spends time with Sloane and with Lachlan’s girlfriend, Lark. The three discuss love and relationships. Enjoying the women’s company and conversation, Rose wonders if she should rejoin the circus after she recovers or spend more time with Fionn instead. Shortly after the friends part ways, Lark texts Rose to announce that Lachlan has broken up with her. Then Fionn calls Rose to say that something else is going on and he has to help Rowan, who is injured. After Fionn’s call, Rose sifts through her tarot deck, wondering what would happen if she “stayed in Nebraska” (198) or moved to Boston.

When Fionn returns, he explains that Rowan and Sloane’s ongoing murder competition got out of hand again. Noticing that Fionn is on edge, Rose intuits his emotions and reminds him that he doesn’t have to change who he is just to please his brothers. Afterwards, Fionn and Rose have sex. During this encounter, Rose wonders what their future might hold. They lie in bed together afterward and admit that they don’t want to go home. Rose privately realizes that she isn’t sure what “home” means to her anymore.