Bryce processes the revelation that the warrior she saved in the alley two years ago was Archangel Micah Domitus himself. Hunt confirms that the information was kept secret to protect Micah's image—an Archangel defeated by a demon and then rescued by a young, half-breed woman who hadn't even made the Drop would have been politically embarrassing. Bryce is furious not because she wanted recognition, but because she spent years wondering if the soldier she saved had survived, only to be stonewalled at hospitals and denied any closure. She tells Hunt that knowing her actions mattered that night would have meant something to her.

The conversation deteriorates further when Hunt accidentally reveals that Bryce was on his suspect list. Though he immediately tries to walk it back, explaining that he ruled her out after seeing her genuine reaction at the alley crime scene, Bryce is enraged and orders him out of her sight. Hunt takes off into the sky, and Bryce breaks into a hard run through the city—not fleeing or chasing anything, but using the physical exertion to silence the chaos in her mind.

Bryce runs until her body gives out and she receives a phone call. She makes her way to the White Raven nightclub and stops in the alcove by its service doors—the same spot where she once exchanged her last messages with Danika. Knowing Hunt is still watching from above, she pulls up her old text thread with Danika. She scrolls to a photo Danika sent on the day of the murders: the Pack of Devils at a CCU sunball game, Ithan Holstrom visible on the field, and Danika beaming in the foreground.

The photo triggers a vivid flashback to a harrowing incident during Bryce and Danika's senior year. The two had been on a stolen motorcycle that crashed on a mountain highway. An armed male from an unmarked truck held them at gunpoint while his cronies searched for bullets. Danika, bleeding profusely from shielding Bryce during the crash, told Bryce she loved her for the first time. As the bullets were found and brought toward the gunman, Bryce told Danika to close her eyes—implying she used some power or took decisive action to save them both. The memory fades, returning Bryce to the present, where rain begins to fall. She enters the White Raven without acknowledging Hunt overhead.