The chapter opens with the baptism of Alexandria Trese Malate, who turns 18 years old in three minutes. The guardian of the book that Alexandria is holding, the kambal, appears and explains that he is the guardian of this book and that anyone who touches it will be considered an intruder. He tells the story of his first meeting with Alexandria's mother, who was a murderer of psychics like her mother. The killer's third child, the third child of God, will become a "man of god" and battle the "demons of hell" . He also tells the tale of the diamond that was given to him by the duwendes and the song that was made for him by his diwata. The chapter ends with the chapter's epigraph, in which the guardian explains that if Alexandria passes the test of the cloak, she will be able to protect herself from any danger that might come from the light or the dark. The cloak, he says, will protect her from whatever danger is to come.