After returning from the medwitch, Bryce and Hunt are summoned to Micah’s office, where Sabine and Amelie await with Isaiah and Viktoria. Micah cites bar footage of Hunt threatening Amelie; Hunt accepts responsibility, saying he acted to protect Bryce. Sabine demands punishment, and Micah imposes the Living Death.

Despite Bryce’s pleas, Viktoria only notes the wings will regrow. Hunt kneels and submits; Micah severs his wings, leaving him bleeding on the floor. As medwitches are called, Bryce denounces Sabine as a disgrace. Amelie balks, but Sabine remains unmoved.

Sabine then reveals she visited the Under-King, who refused to summon Danika and disclosed that Bryce bargained her own place in the Bone Quarter for Danika’s acceptance. Amelie apologizes as she leaves; Sabine departs satisfied.

Medwitches treat Hunt without firstlight and bandage the stumps. Isaiah and Naomi carry them home. Bryce tends Hunt, furious, and texts Ithan a condemnation and threat toward Sabine. A flashback shows Bryce’s bargain: she stole a Death Mark from the gallery, crossed to the Bone Quarter, and vowed seven times to trade her eternal resting place for Danika’s passage, forfeiting all Quiet Realms.

Before dawn, Hunt wakes in Bryce’s bed, drugged and in pain, and finds evidence of her long vigil. He pulls her close, recognizing the danger of their growing attachment but unwilling to let go, savoring the fragile peace as consequences loom.