 Sickened at how she and the others have been taken in by the house and its seductive ways, Flavia is determined to find Nubia herself.She, Jonathan, and Lupus retrace her steps to a small shrine on a hilltop where the children had had a picnic, and find signs that Nubia had run away with Kuanto, who had followed her to the villa.Flavia then catches Pulchra and Leda, who had followed them, and the two girls begin fighting.