1. Fake band created by the Mafia
1.1. Louis was at some point in med school
1.2. Liam is a hacker
1.3. Niall was homeless/pick pocketer
1.4. They rob banks
1.5. Smuggle drugs/weapons in their tour buses
2. Malikai is their boss (Mafia boss)
2.1. Has a mystery daughter that hates him and disappeared a long time ago
2.1.1. Solved: Who is Malikai's daughter?
2.1.1.1. Aven! They had her birth certificate and last name altered. Her name is Mariana Montanari, her father Kai Montanari (Malikai).
2.1.1.1.1. Theory 1 (WRONG): Aven's mom is Malikai's lost daughter. She tried to run from him but when the car crashed they got to her and took her. She tried taking the girls with her but couldn't. Update: Aven is Malikai's daughter.
2.1.1.1.2. Theory 3 (WRONG): Aven's mom is Malakais first love and he’s obsessed with her, so she fakes her death to keep her family safe so he doesn’t come after her or them. Malakai wants Aven dead because he thinks she’s the reason why the love of his life is dead. Update: she didn't fake her death.
2.1.1.1.3. Theory 2 (CORRECT): Aven's mom had a relationship with Malikai and ran away when she found out she was pregnant (with Aven). She then met Aven's "dad" (who's not her biological father) and passed Aven off as his kid. Update: correct.
3. Harry won't take his shirt off (like ever)
3.1. He took his shirt off for Bethany (she pressured him into doing it)
3.1.1. Bethany is his ex gf from when he was 15 (before his dad died and he joined the mafia)
3.1.1.1. He had his first time with her
3.1.1.1.1. She betrayed his trust and turned on the light hence the ✨trust issues✨
3.1.1.1.2. She pressured him into having sex
3.1.1.2. She only dated him to find out what was underneath his shirt
3.1.1.3. She hid their relationship from everyone
3.1.1.4. Quincy possibly knew her
3.2. His father used to abuse him. He whipped Harry with a belt any time he "sinned" so Harry has horrible scars all over his back.
3.2.1. The only people that have seen him shirtless are Quincy and Bethany. (And now Aven too)
3.2.1.1. Quincy called it a "monstrosity"
4. Quincy is the dude in the skeleton mask that's trying to kill Aven
4.1. Harry and the boys know this
4.1.1. Louis says: "How is she gonna learn if you don't stop trying to shield her from it all?"
4.1.1.1. SOLVED: What do they want her to learn????
4.1.1.1.1. How to protect herself, to pass the tests so she can take over the Mafia.
4.1.2. Harry says he needs to stop this and Louis says that if he does then "he'll go against everything"
4.1.3. Niall was running towards Aven to protect her when he was stabbed
4.1.4. Theory: In the chapter with the needles he was saying "You need to leave" to Quincy and not Aven.
4.2. He stabbed Niall
4.3. He aludes to killing Harry's dad and knowing Bethany
4.3.1. Theory (WRONG): Harry and Quincy were childhood best friends. Update: they are brothers.
4.4. Quincy says that Aven is important if she succeeds, which she didn't. She failed the test.
4.4.1. SOLVED: What test did Aven fail?
4.4.1.1. Theory 1 (WRONG): The test was her taking money from the mafia. If she doesn't take the money then she's not properly involved, there's a risk she'll talk. Update: wrong.
4.4.1.2. She failed the test of protecting herself from Quincy, she got stabbed. They were supposed to let her die and then didn't.
4.5. Quincy and Harry used to be best friends
4.5.1. He plants the idea in Harry's head that maybe Aven is the same as Bethany because he doesn't know anything about her.
4.5.1.1. Theory (WRONG): Harry is gonna find that SD card with the graveyard pictures and flip out because he'll think Aven is spying on him or something. Update: no, shit hit the fan in another way.
5. Harry has panic attacks
5.1. "I'm sorry, it should have been me not you, I murdered you I'm a murderer"
5.2. They have something to do with his mother's death
5.2.1. His mother died in childbirth
5.2.1.1. His father blamed him for it and punished him by beating him with a belt and locking him in a room with mirror and his mother image and forced him to apologize to her for hours.
5.3. He feels the need to take his clothes off during these
6. Harry's visit to the graveyard (what we know)
6.1. Harry visited a random graveyard at one point and left flowers on a grave
6.1.1. The lady's family was hit 5/6 years ago and brutally murdered. Their house was later set on fire. It was the dad and two sons.
6.1.1.1. SOLVED: Did Harry have anything to do with this?
6.1.1.1.1. Theory (WRONG): This was Harry's first job with the mafia. Update: It was how he got into the Mafia.
6.1.1.1.2. Yes, Harry (Sebastian) and his brother, Quincy (Oliver), faked their own deaths and joined the mafia. Harry killed his father and the fire was the cover up.
6.1.2. Grave for: some lady that died in 1996 (?) - before he was born
6.1.2.1. SOLVED: What is the connection here? Why did Harry go to that grave?
6.1.2.1.1. The necklace from his mom has a name engraved: Clara.
6.2. Aven followed Harry to the graveyard and took some pictures
6.2.1. Theory (WRONG): Harry is gonna find the SD card and suspect that Aven is spying on him.
7. Aven is hired as their photographer
7.1. Chavem was the one that gives her the job
7.1.1. Chavem's agency is in the same building as Duplicity's
7.1.1.1. Theory (CONFIRMED): Chavem is involved with the Mafia.
7.1.1.1.1. Confirmed
7.1.1.2. Theory: Chavem is Malikai
7.1.1.3. Chavem says basically that school is useless, because she already has the job she'd go to school for.
7.1.2. Chavem was at the ball in Chicago
7.1.2.1. SOLVED: Why was he at the banquet in Chicago?
7.1.2.1.1. It was a test to see Aven's strategic skills.
7.1.2.2. SOLVED: Why would he go out of his way to go there?
7.1.2.2.1. Malikai assigned him there.
7.1.2.3. In Chicago Niall says: "Who's Aven dancing with" and Harry goes: "Chavem, her BOSS..."
7.2. Harry votes against her becoming the new Duplicity photographer
8. 2017: Aven went to a Duplicity concert
8.1. Quincy tried to r*pe her
8.1.1. Harry beat his ass
8.1.1.1. Quincy leaves/gets kicked out of the band
8.1.1.1.1. SOLVED: Did he get kicked out because of the fight with Harry? In a way but not exactly.
8.1.1.1.2. SOLVED: Did he get kicked out because of Aven?
8.1.1.1.3. SOLVED: Did he leave the Mafia when he got kicked out or just the band?
8.1.2. Quincy was Duplicity's drummer in 2017
8.1.2.1. He was replaced by Liam
8.2. Harry hit on her
8.3. Her friend Marissa convinced her to go
8.3.1. SOLVED: Not a question but Marissa is a little sus
8.3.1.1. Her father was involved in the Mafia.
8.3.1.2. Confirmed, Harry threatened her making her take Aven to Duplicity's gig in 2017.
8.3.2. SOLVED: Who is Malikai's daughter?
9. Harry's dad worked for the mafia
9.1. Forced Harry to play Hallelujah in the piano multiple times
9.2. Blamed Harry for his mother's death
9.3. Was found dead (by Harry) stabbed in the kitchen floor
9.3.1. Quincy alludes to being responsible for this
9.3.1.1. SOLVED: Why would Quincy kill Harry's dad? What were the motives here? Update: Harry killed him.
10. Aven's mom disappeared after a car accident
10.1. Woke the girls up in the middle of the night and was driving like a crazy lady
10.1.1. The car crashed and she disappeared before the paramedics got there
10.1.1.1. SOLVED: Where did she go?
10.1.1.1.1. She reunited with Malikai.
10.1.1.2. SOLVED: Is she still alive?
10.1.1.2.1. Yes, actually. Aven says in the chapter she got stabbed "I started thinking about my mother, a woman who was still alive somewhere in the world having no idea her daughter was dying tonight."
10.2. Aven's mom used to dye her hair since she was little (like 10)
10.3. Since then Aven and Winnie (her sister) moved in with her grandmother
10.4. Aven's dad died before this
11. Harry is being followed by two weird dudes in Range Rovers
11.1. Tracked his car to the gas station
11.1.1. How did Liam know that Harry was being followed?
11.1.1.1. Is Liam working with these guys?
11.2. Chased him in the ball in Chicago
11.3. Have been following Harry for a while
11.3.1. If the mafia is supposed to protect the band, why haven't they done anything about it?
11.4. Goal: kill Harry
11.4.1. Why?
11.4.1.1. Theory: Something to do with Harry's dad specifically.
12. Sal is their tour manager
12.1. Nova is Sal's daughter and lighting direction
12.1.1. She and Aven become friends
12.1.2. She and Lou have something going on
13. HAVEN
13.1. Harry calls Aven angel
13.1.1. Q: Why? He says he's only gonna tell her the reason when she's done with him.
13.1.1.1. Theory: Malikai means angel (could be fallen angel hence the devil thing that Malikai goes for) but since Harry knows they're related he calls Aven angel because of that and also because she's the opposite of Malikai.