These Violent Delights

To clear her head, Juliette works on the garden at her house. With renewed anger over Roma’s betrayal, she destroys the garden. She briefly contemplates suicide and then wanders into White Flower territory so she can demand answers from Roma. Roma finds her and scolds her for brazenly walking into the part of the city controlled by the Montagovs. He holds a knife against her but admits he would not be able to hurt her. She asks him again why he betrayed her, and he explains that his father made him choose between Juliette’s life and the life of other Scarlet Gang members. To protect her, he arranged an attack on her family. Juliette accepts his answer, and they continue hunting the Larkspur.

Tyler, who has been put in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Scarlet Gang, hears about a worker strike in one of the Scarlet Gang’s factories from his lackey, Andong. Andong also says that spies spotted Juliette and Roma together.

Meanwhile, Juliette and Roma visit the teahouse where Archibald picks up his deliveries from the Larkspur. Inside, they can hear the Larkspur speaking, but he is hidden. He tells them that Zhang Gutai transforms into a monster that causes the madness.

Juliette and Roma leave the teahouse and decide to kill Zhang Gutai to stop the madness. Tyler, who is spying on the two, sees them together and believes that Juliette has betrayed the Scarlet Gang.

Juliette sends a message to Kathleen asking her to bring them guns and silencers so they can kill Zhang Gutai. Rosalind becomes upset when she finds out Kathleen is following Juliette’s orders to carry out a murder and refuses to help, but she does not stop Kathleen.

Outside Zhang Gutai’s office, Juliette, Roma, Kathleen, Benedikt, and Marshall prepare to carry out his assassination. They cover their faces to conceal their identities. Kathleen creates a distraction by firing her gun, causing people in the building to flee, and the others use this disturbance to slip into the building unnoticed. Juliette and Roma shoot Zhang Gutai’s guards in the leg and break into his office. Although the Secretary General denies being the monster or having anything to do with the madness, Juliette still shoots him.

As soon as they escape, they realize they have made a mistake because the madness continues to spread. The police arrive on the scene, and Juliette and Roma urge their friends to flee. Roma scares away the police by making it clear he is part of the White Flowers. Wracked with guilt because she killed an innocent man, Juliette has a nervous breakdown. Roma comforts her and shares that he also felt guilty about causing the deaths of Juliette’s loved ones. He confesses that he still loves her. They kiss, and Juliette forgives him for his betrayal.

Roma, Juliette, Kathleen, Benedikt, and Marshall hide out on a rooftop while they figure out a plan. Roma is worried that one of the workers from the strikes at a factory next to the hospital will assassinate Alisa, who is still unconscious. He mentions that his mother was also assassinated, which Juliette never knew. She realizes that Roma’s mother’s death was only possible because she told her father about the Montagov’s safe house after she believed Roma betrayed her.

After discussing Benedikt and Marshall’s observations of Zhang Gutai’s house, Juliette realizes that the monster is actually Qi Ren, Zhang Gutai’s assistant. Suddenly, they hear shouting in the city, and they realize the worker strikes are happening in the inner city too. Benedikt and Marshall head for the hospital to protect Alisa, and Juliette and Roma search for Qi Ren to assassinate him.