On the off-chance that someone else is reading this series...
So Natasha and Tatiana are evil. I'm not all that surprised. I smelled something fishy when Tom choked on the wine that Natasha had prepared in another room ;) Strange that Tatiana would be so concerned with keeping up a Heather-like image, though. Seems like she'd have more important things to worry about. I highly doubt that Tom is actually dead -- heck, even Loki is still alive. And grr, Sam really needs to go away and Ed and Gaia need to kiss and make up. The soap operaishness of this all is just... undeniable.