Raven's Hunt

Abigail waits while the researchers work, fighting the corruption's subtle new tactic of thinking in her thoughts. She makes coffee for the team. Haatim's smile devastates her with its simple preciousness.

Father Niccolo travels from the Vatican to the United States with three crates of archive materials. He arrives at the safe house and is struck by the changes: Arthur aged brutally by Hell, new team members Petrillo and Emma, and Abigail with golden eyes.

Weeks after Dominick's death, Haatim and Arthur cross-reference journals and archives in a safe house research room. A pattern emerges: the same ancient entity appears across multiple religious traditions under different names, and the Ninth Gate is pre-Christian.