Thom is struggling to live among the vampires of the Lair as it’s only human occupant. His monogamous relationship with Damian forces him to be the sole source of Damian’s blood nourishment and Thom is slowly wasting away.

Sheriff Trout revisits an old case and is puzzled by what seems to be someone knocking at the door, only to find no one there when he goes to answer it.

At the Arkham Harbor Light Tim meets, Athan a stranger who waers dark sunglasses at all times. Athan takes up Tim’s offer to rent a room in what was once Dr. Waldman’s house. After Tim leaves Athan hooks up with a young man, Charley, which results in Charley’s horrific death. Athan is a male gorgon and his stare suddenly turns Charley into stone.

Damian has Richie place his painting in a hidden room, where an old disused telephone begins to ring. Answering it Richie tells Damian that the voice on the other end was Colin… and that he’s coming back!

Richie places Colin’s ashes in a safe place under his bed, waiting for his next call from the dead.

汤姆正在努力生活在巢穴的吸血鬼中，因为它是唯一的人类居住者。他与达米安的一夫一妻制关系迫使他成为达米安血液滋养的唯一来源，而汤姆正在慢慢消瘦。

特劳特警长重温了一个旧案，对似乎有人敲门感到困惑，但当他去接电话时却发现没有人在那里。

在阿卡姆港，蒂姆遇见了阿森，一个总是戴着深色墨镜的陌生人。Athan接受了Tim的提议，在曾经是Waldman博士的房子里租了一个房间。蒂姆离开后，亚森勾搭上了一个年轻人查理，这导致了查理的可怕死亡。亚森是一只雄性蛇发女妖，他的凝视突然把查理变成了石头。

达米安让里奇把他的画放在一个隐蔽的房间里，那里一部废弃的旧电话开始响起。里奇回答后告诉达米安，电话那头的声音是科林......而且他要回来了！

里奇把科林的骨灰放在床底下一个安全的地方，等待着死者的下一次召唤。