Haunted by the melody and the locket, Avery confronts his ailing grandmother, a former matriarch, about the origins of the Leone-Cortez feud, but she offers only fragmented, cryptic warnings about the puppet masters' and 'the threads of fate, leaving Avery more confused and frustrated, but also resolute in his growing belief that there's a deeper truth to uncover. As Avery leaves his grandmother's bedside, a small, faded photograph slips from her grasp-a picture of two young women, one undeniably his grandmother, the other a striking mirror image of Maya Cortez, both smiling, arm in arm.

Echoes of the Past