Lore

Lore goes to Thetis House, a property owned by the Achillides. While using the hidden entrance that avoids the security cameras and snipers, she observes a party, complete with guests in ancient Greek attire. Inside the building, she finds an old hunter’s robe and mask. She dawns the robe but can’t bring herself to wear the mask because she “still felt sick at the thought of wearing something other than her family’s own mark” (69). Armed with a screwdriver, she goes into the hall, where an unfamiliar male voice asks what she’s doing there.

Lore answers the query by saying she thought she heard something, revealing the House of Achilles mark she drew on her arm with sharpy. That appeases the other hunter, who suggests they rejoin the party. Before they can, a woman and five young girls, all dressed in traditional Greek garb, emerge from a room. The leader of the House of Achilles, Philip Achilleos, enters the hall and inspects the girls, slapping one who looks up at him. Lore’s anger at the world of hunters shoots through her “like a bolt of lightning” (72), but she refrains from interfering, remembering why she’s there.