The Young Elites

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child abuse, child death, graphic violence, illness and death, emotional abuse, and physical abuse.

After a day of hiding in the catacombs, Adelina asks Violetta about her powers. Violetta admits she knew she had powers from the time she was young and used them to hold Adelina’s powers back for Adelina’s good. Violetta was not holding them back on the night their father died; she released them for good as Adelina went to the execution stand. Adelina demands Violetta try to take her illusion powers to show her; Violetta does. It scares Adelina, and she demands them back. Violetta says she is glad their father is dead. Adelina realizes that Violetta’s power can trump that of all the other Elites.

They hear a ruckus in the square above. There, Teren announces the death of the king to a large crowd. Then, he reveals a prisoner: Raffaele. Adelina feels to blame. Teren says all malfettos are banished; anyone turning one in will be rewarded; anyone hiding or helping one will be executed. He then tells the Reaper to turn himself in or watch Raffaele die. Violetta can sense that four other Elites are hidden in the crowd.