The narrator reflects on a time when he wanted to be a normal person. He wanted to run a business, send flowers to someone he loved, and build a family. But now, he realizes, everything is impossible. He wants to go to Aldrich's castle and kill him. He tells Jane that he has to do it himself. She tells him to summon the dark guards and tells him that the whole city hates Aldrich now. The narrator tells her that he will give her what she wants and that she will get what she deserves.