After Lana has killed Ardak chaos erupts. Leo tries to kill Lana to revenge Ardak, but at the end he stops himself. Phaton tells the vampire council that Leo planned that Ardak would be killed. Phaton sets the vampire Carmel free. She is an old lover of Leo and should distract him from protecting Ella. She possesses the body of Nicky. Phaton promises to set her completely free if she does what he says.