🚨SALEM’S FOUNDATIONS ARE SHAKING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF SEXUAL DECEIT, CORPORATE SABOTAGE, AND A SECRET SO DARK IT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING!🚨

Gabby Hernandez and Tony DiMera are no strangers to manipulation, but this summer, they’ve leveled up. Together, they’re executing a plan so dangerous and cunning that it could scorch Titan Industries to the ground—and everyone caught in the crossfire might not survive. Under the fireworks and false smiles, Salem’s favorite schemers are planting landmines of betrayal, seduction, and lies. And the first spark? A kiss that threatens to dismantle Xander Cook’s empire and unravel a web of carefully kept secrets. 😱💋🔥

Behind closed doors, inside the opulent yet treacherous walls of Casa DiMera, Gabby and Tony plot their revenge. Their target: Xander. Their method: emotional annihilation. And their bait? Gabby herself. What starts as corporate strategy quickly devolves into something darker, fueled by lust and cold-blooded calculation. When Gabby and Xander are caught in a scorching embrace, the line between passion and poison blurs. Was it real? Or was it a carefully staged setup to light the match under Titan?

Enter Sarah Horton—too late. She witnesses the kiss, and in a storm of heartbreak and fury, retaliates by kissing Brady Black, setting off a chain reaction of chaos. Xander, unhinged and unraveling, loses control. The meltdown is public. Violent. Exactly what Tony and Gabby hoped for. Titan’s image is tarnished. And Salem’s gossip mill goes into overdrive.

💣 BUT THE PLOT THICKENS 💣

While Gabby’s plot to destroy Xander gains traction, a deeper mystery unfolds in the shadows. Two girls—Ariana and Holly—disappear during a Fourth of July celebration. Gabby’s daughter and Nicole’s niece—gone without a trace. Whispers swirl: a masked man, Doug Williams III’s debts, and a kidnapping orchestrated by those who want blood repayment. It’s a nightmare that hits too close to home, and Tate Black demands answers with fire in his eyes.

But the real horror is still hidden.

Sophia Choi, once a struggling teen mom, has morphed into something much darker: a “mama bear” turned master manipulator, spinning a lie so twisted it could rip Tate’s heart out. While Tate believes Sophia gave their newborn daughter to foster care, the truth is more horrifying—she had a son, and secretly abandoned him. That child now lives with Leo Stark and Javi Hernandez, who’ve renamed the boy Toro, unaware they’re raising the product of Sophia’s lies.

Sophia 2.0 is no longer just a frightened girl. She’s a schemer, using pain as a tool and affection as a weapon. Backed by Melinda Trask, who lurks with hidden motives of her own, Sophia fakes innocence while plotting to keep Tate emotionally tethered to her—despite stealing his child and rewriting their reality. 💔🤫

Tate’s devotion blinds him. But for how long? A single glance at Toro’s face—at his own son—and it could all come crumbling down. Will the truth surface before it’s too late? Or will Sophia’s lies destroy every chance of reunion?

💔 FAMILY BONDS ARE TESTED 💔

Elsewhere, Sarah’s marriage to Xander is disintegrating. She confides in Maggie about her heartache, torn between love and the wreckage of betrayal. The conversations echo the past—Sarah’s pain mirrors Maggie’s past struggles with Victor. Can she really co-parent with a man who’s spiraling?

Meanwhile, Maggie celebrates Holly’s acceptance to college in Paris, a rare moment of light. But even that joy is shadowed by Holly’s concern for Nicole and Eric’s fragile relationship. As Holly and Ari prepare for a weekend escape, they walk straight into danger.

🎃 A HALLOWEEN PROPHECY 🎃

In a flash-forward, Horton Town Square is decked for Halloween, but the festive air is pierced by screams. A masked figure wielding a meat cleaver charges through the crowd—Alex, Chad, and Cat Green in his path. Is it a dream? A nightmare? Or a vision of the carnage to come?

In Salem, reality and prophecy often dance in blood.