Chapter Summaries

Aaron questioned Randolph about Asgardian history and hidden threats on Earth, learning that Skrulls might be living among humans and that an ancient, powerful Mutant was sealed in Egypt. Back at his shop, he found Hela bonding with Abei, whose private hope was that she might become Aaron’s wife and help it surpass Fawkes.

• Aaron asked Randolph about Hela, Ragnarok, and nonhuman races, and Randolph recounted Hela’s defeat of the Valkyrie Legion and the prophecy of Surtur destroying Asgard.
• Randolph told Aaron that Skrulls could be disguised as humans and that he had once seen one on Earth; Aaron chose not to alert S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Randolph described a thousands-year-old Egyptian seal holding a powerful Mutant who had once ruled Egypt, and Aaron feared the captive might seek revenge on Horn’s descendants.
• Aaron returned to Gaius's Divination Shop and caught Hela petting Abei and persuading it to follow her.
• Abei explained that it had warmed to Hela after learning of Aaron’s marriage agreement with her and hoped she could help it outpace Fawkes.
• Hela told Aaron she liked Abei so much that Fenrir’s place in her heart had fallen.

Alice and Jasper invited Aaron and Hela to Edward and Bellatrix’s wedding, prompting Aaron to make Hela sign a contract restricting her behavior. Hela grew frustrated with Aaron’s lack of ambition, while Abei argued that he kept advancing in magic to protect what he cherished.

• Alice and Jasper delivered a wedding invitation to Aaron, and Hela insisted on attending with him.
• Aaron pretended Hela was an unstable cousin, but Alice sympathized with her and welcomed her to the wedding.
• Aaron persuaded Hela to sign a one-day contract limiting her from harming or striking anyone at the wedding.
• Hela questioned Aaron’s ambition, and he said he planned to return home, enjoy his life, and expand his family rather than rule.
• After Hela left with Abei, she complained that Aaron wasted his potential, while Abei defended his efforts to protect everything he cherished.

Jean visited Aaron, who warned her that the Mutant ruins in Egypt contained a dangerous being and urged her to tell Professor X. After Aaron left, Hela showed Jean a photograph and revealed that Aaron had three other women who had met his parents, leaving Jean heartbroken.

• Jean arrived at Aaron's Divination Shop and met Hela, who introduced herself as Aaron's cousin.
• Jean told Aaron about the X-Men's internship missions, and he warned her against seeking Magneto or traveling to Egypt because a dangerous Mutant was sealed there.
• Aaron urged Jean to warn Professor X about the Egyptian ruins, then kissed her and went to prepare lunch.
• Hela entered the Secret Chamber despite Fawkes's attempt to stop her, retrieved a photograph, and showed it to Jean.
• Hela explained that the photograph showed Aaron's three other women, and Jean realized that Aaron had hidden his relationships from her.

Aaron and Hela attended Edward Cullen and Bella Swan’s wedding after Jean learned that Aaron had other lovers and asked for distance. The wedding ceremony ended with Edward and Bella exchanging vows and kissing.

• Aaron discovered Jean crying, admitted that she was not his only lover, and agreed to give her space as she returned the Moonstone Bracelet and left.
• Aaron learned that Hela had shown Jean a photograph from the Chamber of Secrets and argued with her about interfering in his affairs.
• Aaron and Hela dressed for the wedding and drove to the Cullen family’s mountain home in Forks, where Alice welcomed them.
• Alice led Aaron and Hela to the woodland wedding, where Charlie escorted Bella down the aisle to Edward.
• Edward and Bella exchanged vows, kissed, and received applause and blessings from their guests.

Aaron gave Bellatrix and Edward Felix Felicis at their wedding, then returned to his shop and learned that a prophecy foretold Coulson would be imprisoned and tortured. After Aaron warned him, Leena arrived and revealed that Coulson had surrendered in a hostage exchange.

• Aaron congratulated Bellatrix and Edward at their wedding and gave Bellatrix a bottle of Felix Felicis.
• Aaron returned to the Divination Shop with Hela, where Fawkes reported that Jean remained melancholy and Laser Eyes had begun pursuing her.
• The Book of Prophecy foretold that Coulson would suffer imprisonment and brutal torture, so Aaron called to warn him.
• Aaron showed Hela the Gaius's Cabin Universal Capsule he had built, but she urged him to make powerful armor instead.
• Leena visited Aaron and explained that Coulson had surrendered during a hostage exchange after the team found Mike Peterson's son.

Aaron exposed Leena’s failed attempt to capture him and handed her over to S.H.I.E.L.D. After learning Bella’s pregnancy threatened her life, he agreed to go help Edward and the Cullen family.

• Leena revealed that the Clairvoyant sent her to obtain Phoenix Tears and tried to recruit Aaron, but he rejected her offer.
• The Clairvoyant’s attackers failed to breach Aaron’s reinforced home, and Aaron killed the Centipede soldiers who stormed inside.
• Aaron called Coulson, learned that Coulson had used himself as bait to destroy Centipede bases, and arranged for S.H.I.E.L.D. to collect Leena.
• Aaron made Leena carry out the bodies and clean his home while she waited for S.H.I.E.L.D. to take her away.
• Edward and Alice told Aaron that Bella was pregnant with Edward’s child and might die, so Aaron agreed to go help them.

Aaron examined Bella and discovered that her unborn daughter was a healthy human-vampire hybrid, but the rapidly growing baby was draining Bella’s life. He accepted a mission to ensure both survived and proposed supporting Bella’s condition until birth, though the Cullens said ordinary food and nutrient fluids had not been enough.

• Jacob arrived at the Cullen villa after hearing Bella was in trouble and learned she had returned two weeks earlier and was pregnant.
• Aaron learned that the Cullens feared the unborn child might be an immortal child, whose birth could also provoke war with the Volterra Family.
• Edward asked Jacob to help persuade Bella to save herself if Aaron could not resolve the danger, and offered to let Jacob kill him if Bella died.
• Aaron accepted a System Mission to ensure Bella safely delivered the hybrid, then used Probe to examine her and identified the baby as a girl with human and vampire traits.
• Aaron warned that the baby was consuming Bella’s nutrients and life, while turning Bella after birth might be impossible and Bella refused to abort her daughter.
• Aaron proposed keeping Bella nourished until the birth, but Rosalie said their meals and nutrient fluids had failed to keep up with the baby’s demands.

Aaron used Dream Ingredients to restore Bellatrix’s strength while explaining that her unborn daughter’s growing nutritional needs made her condition difficult to stabilize. After Bellatrix’s sudden craving for human blood, Aaron examined her and sensed the fetus’s desire, leaving the family facing the question of how to satisfy it safely.

• Aaron gave Bellatrix sashimi made from a Pufferfish Whale, which improved her strength and complexion, but warned that her condition would worsen again within six hours.
• Aaron explained that the fetus would absorb nutrients faster as it grew, and agreed to provide Bellatrix’s meals for the next two days.
• Aaron let Jacob stay with him near the Cullen villa and produced a house from a Universal Capsule.
• Aaron served Bellatrix Jewel Meat, which restored her appearance, while Emmett suggested that plentiful food might keep her nourished through the birth.
• Bellatrix began dry-heaving and realized she might be craving human blood; Aaron examined her and sensed the fetus’s craving.

Aaron supplied Five-Flower Pork Pig blood to nourish Bellatrix and her unborn child, while Jacob learned that Sam’s werewolves planned to attack the Cullen family. As Bellatrix’s dangerous labor approached, Aaron urged her to use Felix Felicis for luck.

• Aaron summoned and slaughtered a Five-Flower Pork Pig, then gave its blood to the vampires and Bellatrix; the blood quieted her fetus and tasted like curry to her.
• Werewolves gathered at a logging yard and Sam declared that Bellatrix’s child must not be born alive; Jacob defied Sam and returned to the Cullen home.
• Jacob reported that Sam had surrounded the house and was waiting for an opening, while Seth and Leah were the only pack members who sided with him.
• Aaron offered a lethal rifle as a last resort, but Jacob forbade him from killing the werewolves.
• Carlisle found that Bellatrix’s ribs had broken, and the family prepared for her labor, expected the next day.
• Aaron reminded Bellatrix about Felix Felicis, and she asked Carlisle to retrieve the potion before preparing to drink it.

Aaron’s prophecy revealed that Jacob would imprint on Bella and Edward’s daughter, Renesmee, and the Cullen family concealed the news until her birth. After Bella nearly died during labor and Edward began turning her into a vampire, Aaron saved her while Jacob imprinted on Renesmee and stopped the werewolf battle.

• Aaron read a prophecy that Bella and Edward’s daughter would be born the next morning and Jacob would imprint on her, so Edward and Carlisle decided to keep it secret.
• Bella went into labor as Sam led the werewolves in an attack on the Cullen home, and Edward and Carlisle kept Jacob inside.
• Carlisle delivered Renesmee and rushed outside to fight Sam, while Edward bit Bella in an attempt to turn her into a vampire.
• Aaron used the Horse Talisman to revive Bella and help the venom transform her as Jacob imprinted on Renesmee.
• Jacob joined the battle and declared that the werewolves could not harm Renesmee, so Sam and the others withdrew into the forest.

Aaron left Bella and her newborn daughter Renesmee safe with the Cullens, then returned to his shop and learned that Elektra had been revived by the Hand. Hela explained the limits of the resurrection method, and Aaron suspected the Hand had dug Elektra out of her grave.

• Bella confronted Jacob over imprinting on Renesmee, and she beat him while the Cullens watched.
• Bella calmed down and accepted that Jacob wanted to protect Renesmee; Aaron completed his mission, claimed 600 Magic Points, and left the Cullens.
• Aaron returned to Gaius's Divination Shop, where Hela said she had been accumulating Death God Power and had received visits from Alexandra and Elektra.
• Hela explained that a mysterious power had brought Alexandra and Elektra back from the dead, and Aaron identified the Hand as the likely group behind Elektra's revival.
• Hela suggested that the Hand might have set its sights on Aaron.

Aaron rejected The Hand’s offer to work exclusively for them, though he agreed to meet Alexandra face-to-face. As The Hand prepared to secure Dragon Bone and capture Iron Fist, Alexandra decided they would use Aaron’s cousin to force him to cooperate if negotiations failed.

• Aaron told Hela he had ignored The Hand because he considered them unworthy of his attention, then called Madam Gao after learning Alexandra wanted to discuss cooperation.
• The five fingers of The Hand reviewed their preparations: Madam Gao had found vast Dragon Bone reserves beneath Midland Circle, and Alexandra ordered them to capture Iron Fist alive and destroy True Pure Society strongholds.
• Aaron refused Alexandra’s offer to work exclusively for The Hand, but agreed to meet her in person; after the call, he and Hela joked about whether force would eventually be necessary.
• Alexandra told Madam Gao and the others that she had found Aaron’s cousin and proposed using her to pressure him into cooperating if he rejected their offer.
• Madam Gao and Sowande warned that confronting Aaron could cost The Hand too much, while The Fixer backed Alexandra and Sowande offered to handle recruitment.

Aaron Gaius met Alexandra at Midland Circle and rejected her offer to join The Hand, while Danny Rand confronted her over his parents’ deaths and his family’s assets. Danny and Luke Cage fought The Hand, and the chapter ended with Aaron and Danny retreating behind Luke as an unseen threat appeared.

• Aaron Gaius met Alexandra and rejected The Hand’s offer of membership and resurrection, insisting that he wanted to be left alone.
• Danny Rand entered to accuse Alexandra of killing his parents and attacking his home, while Aaron stayed at her request.
• Alexandra’s secretary drew a gun and The Hand surrounded Danny, who fought off the attackers and dodged tranquilizer darts.
• The Hand restrained Danny, but Luke Cage arrived and helped him break free.
• Aaron tried to leave as Luke and Danny fought The Hand, then abruptly retreated behind Luke alongside Danny when his pupils contracted.

Aaron and the street heroes fought The Hand at Midtown Financial Company, where Alexandra tried to capture Danny and recruit Aaron. After escaping, Aaron returned to his shop and found that Hela had killed The Hand members who came to take her hostage, leaving him to face the prospect of her retaliating against the organization.

• The Hand attacked Aaron, Danny, and Luke, but Danny and Luke fought back until Elektra joined the battle.
• Jessica and Matt arrived to help, and Matt recognized Elektra before Danny shattered her blade with the Iron Fist.
• The group escaped in an elevator, and Aaron told Matt that Elektra was alive before riding away.
• Aaron returned to Gaius's Divination Shop and found several dead Hand members on the floor.
• Hela said The Hand had come to take her as leverage against Aaron and offered to kill them all under the terms of their contract.

Aaron persuaded Nick Fury to send S.H.I.E.L.D. against The Hand, trading the chance to work with four superheroes for the agency’s involvement. Meanwhile, Matt, Jessica, Luke, and Danny hid in a Chinese restaurant, where the Stick Monk found them and warned Danny that his phone could endanger them.

• Aaron told Nick Fury about The Hand’s leaders, their resurrection methods, and the cavern beneath Midland Circle, then negotiated S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intervention in exchange for a chance to bring four superheroes into contact with the agency.
• Nick Fury agreed to send Coulson and a strike team to help, and he told Coulson to prepare for a mission against The Hand.
• Danny, Luke, Matt, and Jessica took refuge in a Chinese restaurant, persuaded its owner to let them stay, and discussed their shared conflict with The Hand.
• Matt revealed to the others that he was Daredevil, while Luke suggested contacting a trusted police officer and Jessica doubted they could defeat The Hand together.
• The Stick Monk entered the restaurant, identified Danny as the Immortal Iron Fist, crushed Danny’s phone, and warned him that personal attachments could be used against him.

The Stick Monk revealed the True Pure Society’s history with The Hand and warned Matt, Danny, Jessica, and Luke that New York faced a catastrophe. Matt learned that Elektra had been revived as The Hand’s weapon, and he agreed to stop her while demanding that the True Pure Society spare her.

• The Stick Monk explained that Danny’s abandonment of Kunlun had led to deaths and urged him to help destroy The Hand with the True Pure Society.
• Matt, Jessica, and Luke resisted joining the fight as the Stick Monk warned that Alexandra and The Hand threatened New York.
• The Stick Monk described The Hand’s five leaders: Alexandra, Madam Gao, Sowande, the Fixer, and Murakami.
• The Stick Monk revealed that Elektra had been revived by The Hand, had lost her memories, and was now fighting as its weapon.
• Matt agreed to hold Elektra back and protect others, but warned the Stick Monk that the True Pure Society must not harm her.

Alexandra tried to persuade Danny Rand to join The Hand by threatening New York, but he refused as the group’s leaders closed in on the restaurant. The Stick Monk prepared the four defenders to fight their way out, hinting that he had a plan as they faced four of The Hand’s five Fingers and their forces.

• The Stick Monk warned that The Hand had found the restaurant and directed the group toward a sewer exit, then confronted Alexandra as she tried to recruit Danny Rand.
• Alexandra threatened the lives of New Yorkers to pressure Danny, but Danny refused to leave his allies and Elektra entered to fight Matt.
• The Stick Monk sent Matt to restrain Elektra while Murakami burst through the skylight and attacked the others; Luke and Danny helped the Stick Monk drive Murakami back.
• Madam Gao and the Fixer arrived with armed forces, while Sowande remained away, and Alexandra offered Danny one final chance to surrender.
• The Hand surrounded the Stick Monk, Matt, Luke, and Danny, and the Stick Monk told them to follow his commands as he hinted at a plan.

The Stick Monk’s ambush lets him, Danny, Jessica, Luke, Matt, and Frank escape the Hand, though the leaders survive the attack. Frank reveals he helped plan the ambush, while Matt insists Elektra still remembers him; the Hand regroups and turns its attention back to capturing Gaius.

• The Stick Monk warned Danny, Luke, and Jessica to take cover as Frank’s gunfire ambush killed or wounded many Hand members.
• Luke helped the Stick Monk, Danny, and Jessica escape through the back door while grenades exploded inside the restaurant.
• The group found the badly injured Matt, who claimed Elektra still remembered him, and then met Frank Castle, the Punisher.
• Frank explained that he had partnered with the True Pure Society, helped plan the ambush, and supplied its weapons after destroying one of Madam Gao’s drug factories.
• Madam Gao, Murakami, The Fixer, Alexandra, and Elektra survived the attack; Alexandra used Gaius’s healing medicine, and the Hand leaders discussed capturing him.

After The Hand’s attempt to seize Aaron Gaius’s cousin failed, the group discussed the consequences and joined forces with Danny Rand’s allies. Danny then paid Aaron for a costly divination to learn what The Hand needed Iron Fist to do, leaving Aaron regretting that he had not charged even more.

• Sowande told Alexandra and the others that Aaron’s cousin had effortlessly defeated the men sent to abduct her, and Madam Gao warned that Aaron would oppose The Hand from the shadows.
• Alexandra proposed seeking help from Kingpin as the group weighed the fallout from offending Aaron and his cousin.
• The Stick Monk and his allies sheltered Danny Rand and Colleen Wing in Frank’s precinct, where Frank reasoned that The Hand needed Iron Fist alive to unlock a treasure.
• The group decided to ask Aaron for a divination about The Hand’s objective, despite Matt and Jessica warning that Aaron disliked trouble and charged heavily.
• Danny agreed to pay Aaron at least eight figures for the divination, and Aaron regretted not asking for nine figures after hearing Danny’s reason for spending freely.

Aaron divined that The Hand sought a Dragon Skeleton sealed behind a wall that Danny Rand’s Iron Fist could open, and he agreed to support the fight by bringing in S.H.I.E.L.D. As the group argued over protecting Danny, Aaron proposed either removing the Dragon Bone or destroying The Hand, leaving them to choose how to stop the threat.

• Aaron revealed that a seal created by an Iron Fist guarded a Dragon Skeleton, and that an Iron Fist could break it.
• The Stick Monk explained that The Hand wanted the Dragon Bone to preserve its immortality, and Aaron agreed to help after The Hand had threatened his cousin.
• Aaron called Agent Coulson and arranged for a S.H.I.E.L.D. combat squad to arrive the next day.
• The Stick Monk and the others argued that Danny should be hidden or sent away because The Hand could use him to open the seal, but Danny insisted on fighting.
• Aaron argued that guarding the seal indefinitely would fail and proposed either removing the Dragon Bone or destroying The Hand.