How It All Goes Down
Madness
- If you didn't figure this out ages ago, the dude in the horse mask is Akiva.
- Also, Akiva is a seraphim. The sworn enemy of the chimaera.
- Madrigal instantly assumes he's in chimaera-ville for nefarious purposes.
- He tells her he's only there for her. She manages to suppress a swoon, mainly because she fears what Thiago will do if he finds out.
- (As we know from Madrigal's ultimate fate, this fear is completely rational.)
- Karou tells Akiva that she's betrothed to Thiago. Before Akiva can react, someone grabs Madrigal from behind.
- It's not Thiago—he would probably just grab her actual behind—but her sister, Chiro.
- Chiro wants to know who the sexy horse-headed stud was that Madrigal was dancing with. She manages to evade the question.
- Thiago makes a grand entrance, but all Madrigal can think about is "where her angel had gone" (52.56).
- Shucks.