Gathering small animals Mistress Garret slowly fed Alistair their blood to nourish and restore his energies. Weak and confused, it was human blood in which he needed to gain his strength. He helped Mistress Garret wake the others and fed them, as well. It became quite clear that feeding from mortals would be the antidote and preservation they needed to survive further into their newest journey. Alistair began to venture out at night exploring the new and wondrous world. Feeling both excited and daunted by the unknown, he now realizes that his coven has nothing to fear anymore.
Finally after a bit of inquiring the where abouts of Alistairʼs family fortune, Alistair masquerades as the grandnephew and the only Darkwater left to claim his inheritance. He then decides to take his new family to America and settles in the city of witches, Salem, Massachusetts. There he finds it amusing that before he had fallen into his long epoch of deep sleep, witches and vampires were hunted and executed; and now they are intriguing to most, over glorified in the media and in a dark way loved by all walks of life…