Avery returns to her suite with Jameson following close behind, determined to decode the message before anyone else can. Using the frozen clock clue, Avery aligns the cipher disk with E on the outer wheel and L on the inner wheel, and the code begins to resolve into readable text.

Avery and Jameson decode the full message into a poem that appears to be written by Toby Hawthorne. The poem condemns secrets and lies, says “the tree is poison,” claims the poison affected “S and Z and me,” and says stolen evidence is hidden “in the darkest hole.”

Jameson interprets “S” and “Z” as Skye and Zara, making the poem suggest that Toby believed the Hawthorne family’s secrets harmed him and his sisters. Avery focuses on the phrase about stolen evidence, realizing that the poem may point to proof of some past wrongdoing.

The poem cuts off before its final word, but Avery and Jameson infer that the missing rhyme is “wall.” They race back to Toby’s abandoned wing and conclude that Toby may have written something on one of the walls using invisible ink.

Because the poem says light will reveal all, Jameson realizes they need a black light. The discovery gives Avery and Jameson a new, concrete direction in their search for Toby’s hidden evidence.