The officer’s words brought a heavy silence, weighing down on everyone.

Bianca felt the last pieces of hope break inside her. She had known Blake’s chances of living were small, but facing the truth was something else entirely.

If only he had surrendered, faced his mistakes, taken responsibility, maybe there could have been another path. A new start.

But Blake had been consumed by hate, blinded by obsession. His life wasn’t meant to end like this.

"He’s really gone..." The words slipped from her lips, fragile and full of grief. She would rather have seen him behind bars than burned to nothing in the fire.

"Bianca, this was his choice,"...