Chapter Summaries

Elijah Watkins investigated the aftermath of the curse trap and became alarmed by how experienced Wade’s group was at surviving danger. He tried to persuade the Weasleys and Moody to leave the United States, but they remained committed to staying with their friends.

• Elijah Watkins learned that nearby Muggles had not witnessed the wizards’ actions, so his assistants would not need to modify their memories.
• Elijah Watkins examined the Curse Markings and realized Moody and the others had neutralized the trap with practiced skill, convincing him they were dangerous forces who could cause more trouble.
• Alastor Moody told Salina that instinct and past encounters had helped him identify the curse, while Salina questioned the basis for his conclusions.
• Elijah Watkins asked Arthur Weasley whether his family still planned to return to Britain, and Arthur said they would stay because Wade and the others were in danger.
• Fred and Ginny insisted the Weasleys would not leave their friends, and Mrs. Weasley silently supported them.
• Elijah Watkins urged Moody to return to safety, while Lupin explained that they had planned to return to Hogwarts but reconsidered because of the situation.

Salina Goldstein and Watkins argued over whether Wade Grey and the others should remain in New York, and Watkins warned her privately that keeping them there could turn the city into a battlefield. Salina pretended to reject his advice and told the group they would be taken to the Auror Office the next morning, while Wade calmly agreed to cooperate.

• Salina insisted that Wade Grey, Moody, and the others remain in New York for investigation, while Watkins argued that they were victims and should be free to leave.
• Watkins privately told Salina that Wade's entry application had raised concerns and warned that further attacks could draw New York into a conflict.
• Salina agreed that the group should leave safely but struck Watkins and publicly denounced him to make it appear she would continue the investigation.
• Salina told Wade and the others that she would take them to the Magical Congress Auror Office at eight the next morning for questioning.
• Wade calmly agreed to cooperate with Salina's request.

Wade, Lupin, Moody, and their companions left the inn for the airport after Salina Goldstein briefed them on the inconclusive investigation into the attack. As the Weasley family and Harry’s group also departed, an unseen watcher reported their movements and considered an attack.

• Salina Goldstein told Wade, Lupin, and Moody that the attacker’s trail had vanished and that investigators were screening New York’s half-blood and Muggle-born wizards.
• Lupin promised to obey American laws and thanked Salina for helping them leave, while Salina warned Moody against acting recklessly in the United States.
• Wade silently pondered Dumbledore’s coded message and what it meant about a guest arriving at an unusual time.
• Arthur and Mrs. Weasley gathered their family, then left the inn with Harry, Michael, and the others for the international airport.
• A watcher reported that the group was heading to the airport and asked whether to intercept them or give them a parting gift on the plane.

Scourer Leader Thorne ordered his followers to kill Wade Gray before he returned to Britain, insisting that Wade’s inventions and Golems threatened the Scourers’ cause. As the attack loomed, Thorne doubted whether Wade had truly left his Golems behind and considered calling Abigail if the operation failed.

• A Scourer subordinate suggested attacking the passengers’ plane, and Thorne ordered that Wade and the others must not return to Britain alive.
• Thorne shot through Wade’s photograph and told Stern that Wade was the Scourers’ greatest enemy because his Golems and inventions were uniting wizards.
• Thorne pressed Stern to reaffirm his hatred of wizards, and Stern vowed to avenge his murdered family by helping purge them.
• Thorne questioned whether Wade had brought his Golems, and Stern reported that he had detected no evidence of them.
• Thorne said that if the operation failed again, he would call Abigail back and use her power.

Wade and his companions waited at the airport after the Alchemy Competition, where several fellow competitors joined them before their flight to Britain. Meanwhile, Wade’s enemies discussed attacking him mid-flight, and the chapter ended as the Weasley family and Harry’s group arrived.

• Stern and Thorne discussed Abigail’s return and considered attacking Wade during his flight, while Stern regretted failing to recognize Wade’s threat sooner.
• Wade waited at the airport with Moody and Lupin after the Alchemy Competition, reflecting on how Streaming Mirrors had helped wizards adapt to Muggle life.
• Lev Zakharov approached Wade, introduced himself, and sat nearby, occasionally watching him.
• Viktor Kravchuk and Modihis Graves joined Wade and the others, and Viktor asked Wade about discussing alchemy during the flight to Britain.
• The Weasley family and Harry’s group arrived at the airport, excitedly talking about the plane and its boarding equipment.

Wade and his companions prepared to board their flight back to Britain while Michael struggled with his parents’ warnings that Wade’s dangerous life could put him at risk. As the groups split between first class and economy, Michael noticed that the unfamiliar first-class passengers all appeared unusually fit and recorded his suspicions in the Book of Friends, receiving a brief reply from Wade.

• Harry greeted Wade, Lupin, Moody, and the foreign Alchemists, then the Weasley Family joined them at the airport.
• Mrs. Weasley warned the group to be careful around Muggle surveillance, and Moody and Zakharov urged them not to underestimate it.
• Wade noticed Michael’s exhaustion, but Michael avoided explaining that his parents had urged him to distance himself from Wade after the attack near the inn.
• Michael reflected on his friendship with Wade and worried that he could no longer keep pace with Wade or help him as he once had.
• Moody led the group toward boarding, while the Kona Family and Weasley Family waited for their economy-class flight.
• Michael noticed the other first-class passengers were all unusually fit adults, wrote down his observations in the Book of Friends, and received Wade’s reply: “Got it.”

As the group flew back to Britain, Wade used the Book of Friends to map the passengers and reveal that everyone aboard was marked green, while Michael grew suspicious of the unusually large number of young men on the flight. Near the midpoint, Modihis tried to leave with his suitcase after sending a secret message, but Viktor and the others caught him under watch.

• Michael noticed the flight had an unusual number of young men and questioned a passenger, whose explanation about visiting his pregnant wife did not ease Michael’s suspicions.
• Wade used the Book of Friends and a quill to draw the plane and mark the passengers, showing Remus that they were all green.
• Viktor praised Muggle technology and Wade’s alchemy, while Modihis fell silent after watching another plane take off.
• Sirius thanked Hermione for traveling with them and discussed the return journey, while he and Moody silently agreed to watch for threats.
• At the flight’s midpoint, Modihis sent a message with an enchanted coin and tried to leave with his suitcase, but Viktor stopped him and returned the coin.
• Modihis realized that the passengers around him had awakened and were silently watching him.

Modihis Graves realized the passengers had exposed his identity and trapped him, while Lev Zakharov suspected Wade knew what was happening. A short-haired conspirator began carrying out the purge plan, but someone confronted him before he could reach his target.

• Modihis Graves abandoned his attempt to leave and returned to his seat, frightened by the passengers’ hostile attention.
• Lev Zakharov watched the group and concluded that Wade Grey likely understood the situation.
• The short-haired man received the signal and set off toward the toilets with three companions.
• The short-haired man steeled himself to kill wizards, including the children on the train, as part of the purge.
• As the short-haired man approached his target, someone shouted, “Are you blind?!”

Four Scourers staged a dispute to distract the passengers, but a supposedly disabled passenger suddenly hijacked the plane and claimed he had planted explosives. A flight attendant alerted the cockpit as the passengers and Scourers reacted to the hijacking.

• A woman spilled drinks on a man in a black jacket, and the Two-meter man confronted him while the short-haired man and the woman with glasses offered compensation.
• The Passerby woman and the Two-meter man kept arguing, drawing the passengers and a flight attendant into a noisy crowd around the four Scourers.
• Michael noticed the Scourers' unusually cooperative behavior and became suspicious when the disabled passenger joined the crowd.
• A passenger bumped into Michael as the disabled person broke his cane into a bayonet, took Alisha hostage, and announced that he had planted explosives on the plane.
• The curly-haired flight attendant used the intercom to warn the cockpit that the plane had been hijacked and Alisha was being held hostage.

A hijacker threatened to detonate a bomb unless his demands were met, while the wizards aboard the plane held back from using magic in front of Muggles. The Two-meter man and Passerby woman swiftly defeated the four Scourers, leaving the hijacker stunned as the Captain addressed him over the handset.

• The hijacker threatened that his accomplices would detonate a bomb if he was stopped or his demands were refused.
• The chief flight attendant led the hijacker toward the Captain while another flight attendant told passengers to return to their seats.
• The Scourers discussed carrying out their plan, but the Two-meter man confronted them about the losses they had caused.
• The Two-meter man knocked out the short-haired man and triangular-eyed man, while the Passerby woman subdued the glasses-wearing woman after she stabbed her.
• The hijacker stared at the two attackers in fear as the Captain spoke to him over the handset and asked what he needed.

Quentin Martin hijacked a plane and demanded a live CNN broadcast, while the passengers learned that two other criminals had planned to bomb the aircraft. The chapter left Martin addressing the world and threatening to kill everyone aboard if he failed to achieve his goal.

• Quentin Martin released the flight attendant and demanded that the Captain connect him to CNN.
• The Two-meter man and Passerby woman searched the unconscious criminals and uncovered weapons and materials for a bombing.
• A passenger wearing a hat noticed the Two-meter man’s fighting movements and suspected he had trained at a base.
• Thomas Nick panicked as he waited for the hijacker’s demands to reach the media.
• After CNN anchor Kerry Clarkson connected to the plane, Martin introduced himself and said he would rather take everyone down with him than fail.

Martin hijacked a plane to demand the treatment that cured Cornelius Davan be given to his terminally ill daughter, Renina. Cornelius contacted Ferdinand after hearing his recovery had inspired Martin, while Ferdinand watched anxiously because Wade was aboard the plane.

• Martin told Kerry that his seven-year-old daughter, Renina, had terminal Huntington's disease and rejected an offer to pay for her treatment because it could not cure her.
• Martin accused powerful people of hiding a cure after learning that Cornelius Davan had recovered, and demanded that Renina receive the same treatment.
• Alisha tried to calm Martin, while Kerry said investigators had found no public record of anyone being cured of Huntington's disease.
• Cornelius heard Martin name him on television, left his laboratory, and apologized to Ferdinand for a phone call that may have revealed his recovery.
• Ferdinand told Cornelius to stay put until Wade returned, then worried privately because Wade was aboard the hijacked plane.

After Quentin Martin ordered Wade to investigate Cornelius Davan, Wade sent the message through the magical network to Locke in Edinburgh. Locke and his Golem companions prepared to return to London, hoping the opportunity would help him reconnect with the Wizarding World and get discovered by an Auror.

• Quentin Martin demanded that Wade investigate whether Cornelius Davan existed and shared his daughter's illness.
• A vagrant in Edinburgh received the message and discussed the opportunity with his talking handcart and broomstick.
• Locke explained that he needed to make an Auror discover him as a fugitive, since he could not use magic or pass as a wizard.
• Locke said they would return to London after nightfall, and Rubik and the broomstick argued over the junk piled on the cart.
• Rubik shoved the broomstick into the garbage heap to dirty it, while Locke warned them not to attract attention.
• Locke dragged the handcart through Edinburgh's streets and lanes.

Viktor exposed Modihis as a Scourer and subdued him on the plane, while Modihis accused Wade Grey of colluding with the Magical Congress. The chapter left Wade's response to the accusations unresolved.

• Viktor casually questioned Modihis about his Werewolf Golem and asked whether other Scourers were aboard the plane.
• Harry asked Hermione about Scourers, and she recalled that they were an extreme anti-magic organization.
• Modihis denied being a Scourer and reached for his Wand, but Viktor seized his wrist and confronted him about the group.
• Modihis defended the Scourers, then Viktor broke his arm, took his Wand, and snapped it in two.
• Modihis accused Viktor of being an Auror and warned Wade Grey that the Magical Congress would target him after dealing with them.

Viktor interrogated Modihis, a Scourer, aboard the plane and broke his resistance by nearly choking him to death. Modihis revealed that a second independent team had been assigned to the operation, but he did not know its identities, location, or mission details.

• Modihis realized Viktor and Wade Grey had not been distracted, and Viktor told him the four Scourers in economy class had already been caught.
• Viktor questioned Modihis about his accomplices and their plan, but Modihis refused to betray the Scourers.
• Viktor choked Modihis until he nearly lost consciousness, then released him and frightened him into submission.
• Harry tried to ask Viktor to stop, but Sirius quietly signaled him to stay silent.
• Modihis confessed that Scourer operations used two independent teams, and that the second team could complete the mission or silence a traitor if the first team failed.

Viktor and Wade questioned Modihis and learned that the Scourers planned to kill Wade rather than recruit him, while Harry condemned their desire to control intelligent beings. As Wade prepared to search the rest of the plane for the Scourers’ second team, Adebayo abandoned his wait and called a number that rang in the cargo hold.

• Sirius headed toward economy class while Moody and Lupin stayed with Viktor, Wade, and the others.
• Under questioning and Moody’s spell, Modihis revealed that the Scourers’ Leader had ordered Wade killed and wanted Golems to remain simple, controllable tools.
• Harry argued that the danger came from enslaving others, earning the approval of Hermione, Lupin, Moody, and Viktor.
• Viktor handed the captured Modihis to Moody, and Wade suggested going to the back of the plane to draw out the second team.
• Adebayo decided Modihis had likely been caught and dialed the number he had memorized; a phone began ringing in the cargo hold.

A fire broke out aboard the plane, triggering panic and crushing passengers as they tried to flee. Sirius was struck by a poisoned crossbow bolt, and an unknown figure appeared at the cabin boundary, beginning to cast a spell.

• A hidden suitcase’s Glass Vial shattered, releasing Blue Flame that ignited the luggage and sent smoke through the plane’s ventilation system.
• Thomas O'Brien noticed smoke seeping through the floor and raised the alarm, sending passengers into a panic.
• Arthur Weasley, Mr. Kona, Michael, Sirius, and the Weasley family tried to calm or protect the passengers, but the crowd knocked several of them down and injured them.
• Sirius tried to hold back the panicked crowd but was struck by a crossbow bolt fired by a black-clad figure near the back of the cabin.
• A figure appeared at the boundary between the cabins and began casting an ancient spell.

The Sunlight Charm calmed the panicking passengers and helped the disguised wizards subdue an assassin, but Michael identified Adebayo as an accomplice. Adebayo escaped through a magically breached plane window on a Flying Carpet, only to find two broomstick riders pursuing him.

• A blinding Sunlight Charm halted the cabin’s panic while several passengers subdued the assassin, and the hooded young man injected him with a sedative.
• As the light faded, the passengers regained their senses, and Michael helped his injured father before pointing out Adebayo as an accomplice.
• Wade fired a spell at Adebayo, who used a passenger as a shield and activated a disc that blasted open the plane’s window and cabin wall.
• Adebayo escaped the decompressed plane on a Flying Carpet and mocked Modihis, but two figures on broomsticks flew after him.

Remus Lupin and Mad-Eye Moody captured Adebayo after escaping the aircraft on flying broomsticks, but they could not catch the plane. As they flew toward Britain, they considered the crisis aboard the aircraft and the growing power of Wade’s Golems, with Lupin insisting he trusted Wade to control them.

• Lupin and Moody pursued Adebayo on flying broomsticks, dodged his gunfire, and struck him with spells.
• Moody stunned Adebayo and hauled him onto his broomstick while Lupin burned the abandoned Flying Carpet.
• Lupin used Wade’s Warm Breeze Charm to ease the freezing cold as the wizards descended from high altitude.
• Lupin and Moody cast Disillusionment Charms and set course for England, leaving the aircraft behind.
• Moody raised concerns about Wade’s Golems, and Lupin said he trusted Wade to control them as their production became unstoppable.

After Adebayo escaped through the plane’s breach, a gigantic jellyfish sealed the opening and saved the passengers from being sucked out. Wade treated Sirius with Snape’s antidote, then learned the cargo hold was on fire and unleashed Stone Golems to contain the disaster.

• Adebayo was swept through the hole, and Lupin and Moody pursued him on broomsticks from Wade’s Wardrobe Space.
• A giant jellyfish’s tentacles pulled Thomas O'Brien and nearby passengers back from the breach before the creature filled the opening.
• Wade gave Hermione Snape’s antidote for Sirius, and Harry accepted that it was helping him recover.
• A young man reported that a fire was spreading through the cargo hold and threatening the plane’s pipelines.
• Wade summoned hundreds of Stone Golems carrying sandbags, dirt, and Dry Ice.