Emily

In which Emily remains dedicated to the cause until the bitter end.

In which Nicholas' group has trouble moving forward without him, and Emily likewise finds her life both interrupted and irrevocably altered by his passing - then she seems to discover a conspiracy working to dissolve the movement Nicholas had put into motion.

In which emergency responders try to help the survivors as much as they can, hindered by their opt-out status.

In which Nicholas, Emily, Ken, and Benjamin attempt to deliver Austin into the care of an older vampire to mentor him but, before reaching their destination, Austin's hunger drives him over the edge and he begins attacking, eating and mutilating them one by one.

In which Austin is weaned from the blood stipend and begins practicing the hunt, to try to open his mind to the true experience of being a vampire.

In which Emily strings Austin along enough to get him to show up to Nicholas' meeting, where he doesn't quite fit in until Nicholas convinces him to buy in completely.

In which Austin and Emily go to the movies, and Emily invites him to Nicholas' meeting the next week.

In which Emily avoids calling Austin as long as possible, but ends up asking him out in order to avoid disappointing Nicholas.

In which Nicholas finally invites Emily out for coffee -their first date- and discusses the new direction he'd like to focus his efforts for making a real difference in the struggle against the system.

In which Emily tries to see Madison the night after she'd been turned, then finds out Justin has already been arrested and meets Nicholas at the Police Station where Justin is being held.

In which Madison joins Emily at Nicholas' meeting, Justin agrees to turn her, and they go through the whole thing that night, on camera and before a live audience.

In which the new school year begins, and Emily finds a more suitable subject for the application of Nicholas' ideas about standing up for vampires' inherent right to reproduce.

In which Nicholas and Emily head home from the rally and their conversation takes an odd turn - wherein Nicholas talks Emily into being turned into a vampire.

In which several speakers at the rally in D.C. explain the global, military, economic, and political problems and rights-infringements instituted by the vampire interventions in human societies.

In which Emily participates in a protest march around the vampire-run capitol.

In which Emily goes on a road trip with Nicholas and his group, heading to Washington, D.C. for a protest rally at the White House.

In which Emily convinces her parents to give her control over her own healthcare choices, so she can opt-out, and receives a gift from Nicholas.

In which Emily accompanies Nicholas through an entire day of drawing blood from humans at one of the government-run blood centers, then feeding blood to a recovering vampire organ donor at the hospital.

In which Nicholas finally gives his presentation, charismatically exhorting his audience to opt-out of vampire-assisted healthcare and the "blood tax".

In which Emily sees that even the working-class have been displaced by vampires, taking over work like building construction because their superior strength and speed allows them to create more with less time, effort, and cost.

In which Emily hears how vampires have been taking chief executive positions at most large corporations, making it impossible for humans to compete fairly for corporate leadership roles.

In which Emily learns about how vampires have secretly been manipulating human society for centuries, and how even moderately old vampires have been disenfranchised by the open alliance of vampires and humans.

In which Emily gets to know a real vampire, Justin, for the first time, learning what life is like for the new generation of young vampires, turned after vampire and human cultures had been integrated.

In which Emily attends Nicholas' meeting, hoping to spend more time with him, and ends up meeting Terrence, someone whose life has been ravaged by his addiction to vampire blood, and she learns the dangers of using vampire blood as a quick-fix for every human injury.

In which Emily, Nicholas, and Ken are brutally attacked by a vampire.

In which Emily's day of casual shopping is interrupted by her first glimpse of Nicholas, and her eyes are opened to the invisible layers of oppression and slavery built up around her, while her heart is opened wide, to let Nicholas in.