Watch the Night

Annabelle and The Valkyries hit the highway on a midnight motorcycle road trip.

## Plot Synopsis

Annabelle joins the Valkyries on a night bike ride. The perform a few stunts before they pull off the highway. Sycorax presents Annabelle with a present before introducing her to Jeanette. Kasey and Sycorax head out to a local biker bar while Jeanette talks to Annabelle about Therese and the upcoming Anarch revolt.

### Introduction

Each episode of season 2's epilogues begin with a pre-recorded scene, in which X relays a vision to the Valley Coterie (Annabelle, Jasper, Nelli, and Victor). According to the Storyteller's aside after the introduction and credits play, the vision will make sense once all season 2 epilogues are watched.

In this vision, Annabelle rode through the streets of Los Angeles on a black stallion, accompanied by a large green wolf with a torch in its mouth—potentially dangerous, according to X. Then, Annabelle faced the ocean in the night, the tide coming in and rising quickly. When Annabelle looked up to the moon, the moon 'looked' back to her and 'said no'. The moon began to quickly rotate in the sky, one side saying 'yes' and the other saying 'no' repeatedly.

The vision shifted, so then it showed the sky during the daytime. Four birds circled in the sky, which might have been birds of prey (according to X). Below them was a section of a river containing fast-flowing rapids, and the birds chased a "pretty girl with red hair," trying to prevent her from drowning in the river—though they could not save her.

Then was shown Eva, alone and holding a paper Valentine's Day heart. Eva ripped it in half, the action accompanied by the sound of glass shattering. While she held each of the halves in both hands, her hands began burning and Eva began crying tears of blood. Behind her stood two figures ("They were like, gargoyles, or statues, or guards," according to X), connected to one another by something that could be interpreted as red thread or string. X postulates that "something might be wrong with Eva." The vision went dark.

X relays the fact that he was "walking in that darkness" before he was interrupted by a flash of light. There stood Victor near a tall white candle, wearing a dented crown with a bullet hole in it. In his hands Victor held a blue heart made of crystal, and when he held it up to the light of the candle, red beams of light shot from the heart.

X then finishes speaking about the vision and asks the Valley Coterie how their week has been, prompting confusion at the abrupt change in topic.

### Episode

Annabelle joins Kasey and Sycorax on a night bike ride along the Pacific Coast Highway, where each of them rides on their own motorcycle. They get out onto an open road and do some tricks, but Kasey's bike is damaged in a fall, and they all pull off to the side while Kasey checks on her bike.

Sycorax compliments Annabelle on the rally she held. Annabelle thanks them for showing up at the rally, then questions their goals and whether or not she's convinced them to fight against the Camarilla. She admits that she has a vision of the future, and that she trusts Kasey and Sycorax's opinions on what that future will look like. The two oblige and give Annabelle advice; Kasey draws on her past experience as a cop and how the police force took down crime organizations.

After tinkering with her bike during this conversation, Kasey declares it ridable, and the three head back onto the highway. When they realize it's getting late (or early), they turn back around and back north, eventually pulling off south of a biker dive to a grassy hillside over a cliff by the ocean, littered with picnic tables. Sycorax warns Annabelle that there is a storm ahead, and reveals the reason they took Annabelle out for a ride: to see if her mind and heart are ready for what is to come.

After Sycorax (followed by Kasey) shows Annabelle a circle of stones arranged in the form of a Norse rune of protection, she gives Annabelle a gift: a smooth stone from the beach, upon which is inscribed a rune that means 'peace'. Sycorax tells Annabelle that while she may not be at peace with herself and her Beast, she will have to come to terms with it. She expresses the need for Annabelle to trust herself and find peace with her Beast if she expects others to follow her. Kasey vocally agrees. Annabelle thanks them, and tells them that she admires them for being able to carve out a home for themselves. She assures Sycorax and Kasey that she will "do whatever it takes" to do just that.

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## Featured Characters

### Valley Coterie

* Annabelle
* Jasper Heartwood *(appears in Introduction)*
* Nelli G *(appears in Introduction)*
* Victor Temple *(appears in Introduction)*

### Returning

* Kasey
* Sycorax
* X *(appears in Introduction)*

## Locations

* Beach
* Roadhouse Bar

## Cast

### Core Cast

* Jason Carl *as the Storyteller*
* Erika Ishii *as Annabelle*
* Cynthia Marie *as Nelli G*
* B. Dave Walters *as Victor Temple*
* Alexander Ward *as Jasper Heartwood*

### Guests

* Trisha Hershberger *as Kasey*
* Ladee Danger *as Sycorax*
* Whitney Moore *as Jeanette Voerman*