After discovering that Topher is actually a vampire, Nico escapes after the staff of one blows through him and Alex clocks him with a torch. They escape back to the hostel, but Topher catches up with them and they duke it out in the cave. He easilly defeats them, until Karolina tricks him into biting her. But, because he blood is essentially pure solar energy, he explodes because of the sun's contact. Meanwhile, the Pride attempt to torture a location out of Topher's "children" but they only discover that the runaways killed Topher.