the expression on tohr 's face as the blood results had announced that john was darius 's son ... that nightmarish moment when the brotherhood had arrived to tell them both that wellsie was gone ... then came images from the second act : lassiter bringing a shriveled shell of tohr back from wherever he had been ... tohr and john finally losing it together over the murder ... tohr gradually working his strength up ... john 's own shellan appearing in the red gown that wellsie had mated tohr in ... man , destiny sucked ass .