A former lover of his, Maureen Bautista, and her son Telesforo were stabbed to death. The UTF officers donate blood to put on a united front after the vampires hijack some bloodmobiles in a murderous attack.
However, as soon as Louise ditched Terry for him, Matthew began mistreating Louise. During this time he began collecting the Ronalds Library, now containing 2,000 volumes and 4,000 pamphlets.