EJ Hunter Plot Twists and other dark matters

So I am twenty thousand words into Dark Moon Rising and I hit a plot twist. In my mind it is a snag of swirling limbs, and I am not sure what kind of plot twist would be good.

Of course the hero must fail or at the very least send her on another path. In this second book, I am dealing with two heroes... or more, which is confusing in some ways, EJ who wa…