Location: Forest – Ten Minutes Later
Ryouma found her body.
The cigarette still warm on the ground.
Her blood seeped into the frost-covered leaves like ink.
He dropped to his knees.
Screamed so loud it broke the silence of the trees.
Elsewhere – At the Safehouse
Souta jerked upright.
She felt it.
The bloodline tearing.
She walked alone through the woods, her blade still slick. No guards. No crew. Just her.
And the memory of Katarina's breath as it left her.
She whispered to the night:
"Now that the past is dead—the children have no one left to run to."