Hunt leads a shell-shocked, barefoot Bryce away from the White Raven chaos to her building, where doorman Marrin checks on her and provides spare keys. Inside, Bryce admits she and Danika had planned to make the Drop together in two years, with Connor and Thorne as Anchors. The comforting apartment contrasts her numbness as she releases Syrinx and moves on autopilot.

Hunt probes whether Bryce and Danika were lovers; Bryce says no, explains her complicated history with Connor, and admits a light went out when the pack died. A call from Bryce’s mother, Ember, prompts Bryce to lie that she wasn’t at the club and to refuse to name her company, avoiding worry or a visit. She offers Hunt the guest room and retreats to shower.

Determined, Bryce tells Hunt she must find whoever did this. Hunt confides Micah’s deals: a lifetime tally of 2,217 assassinations to repay Mount Hermon, and a new bargain—solve the murders before the Summit and reduce the debt to ten. He asks for secrecy. After tense banter and an apology for misjudging her, Hunt fetches food; Bryce devours a burger, fries, and a shake in exhausted silence.

Later, Hunt explores the guest room’s photos: Ember and Bryce’s adoptive father, Randall Silago, and toddler Bryce. Another photo shows Bryce and Danika on desert rocks; Danika’s jacket bears the motto “Through love, all is possible.” Beside them lies a sword Hunt recognizes as Sabine’s missing wolf heirloom, suggesting a buried link.

Hunt showers and collapses into bed, the image of Bryce and Danika with the heirloom sword lingering, as he and Bryce are now bound by shared purpose, proximity, and rising stakes.