"...Big Sister."
The voice was calm and heartbreakingly familiar.
H-Huh?
Charlotte froze mid-strike, and the murderous intent in her eyes shattered in an instant.
Her entire body went rigid as that single word cut through the red haze of her rage.
She slowly turned her head toward the source of the voice.
High above the ruined mountain estate, a figure descended gracefully from the sky.
Brandon landed softly on a large, intact piece of stone near the edge of the destroyed hot spring.
Dust gently rose around his boots as he straightened up.
For a moment, the entire mountain seemed to fall silent.
Charlotte's raised fist trembled in shock as she looked at him.
The anger that has been consuming her for the past week, the grief, and the guilt... all of it cracked and crumbled the moment she saw him.
"Kael…?"
Tears welled up in her eyes instantly, and the hand she had raised to beat Katrin fell limply to her side.
