October 14: En route to Varna, Seward must tell a fellow suitor what transpired one night at Hillingham.

Richie finds himself in an undesirable situation. Or: bloodsucking Geckos in bondage.

Don Draper has a bad habit of throwing money at his problem. His latest problem is Michael Ginsberg.

“Has no one done this for you?” Jin Guangyao asked, eyeing Xue Yang in the mirror.

Johnny goes to Mexico, and there's one more Ex-President.

Edward receives an education in the inutility of virtue. The Earl abducts him for a session of discipline.

When he is Lord of the Dreadfort he'll have ruby rings on his fingers.

When they arrive in the Yiling Supervisory Office, Jiang Yanli freshly recovered from fever, Jiang Cheng in a coma, and Wei Wuxian nearly at the end of his rope, Jiang Yanli does what she does best—acts as the warm, nurturing support for her brothers. But she's tired, too.

Billy and Eddie do business in the fall of 1984.

In Egypt, the emperor sleeps poorly.