Trinity Bales: Leaning against the cold prison wall, staring at the unconscious Crowface, a bitter laugh escapes her lips "How did it all come to this...?"

She recalls the rescue squad—Ivan, Enzo, and Maritza—all coming together to save Nicky from Peterson’s basement. Yet even after that, she still dragged him into danger, pulling him into every investigation, thinking it would make things right. "I thought involving him would make us stronger, but all I did was make him worse. And for what?"

Her mind flashes to the black book, the book Theodore had kept hidden, and how she became obsessed with it. She thought it held the key to everything, but it only led to more lies and more danger. "I even tricked myself into thinking I needed Mr. Peterson’s help, like he had the answers. But it was all manipulation..."

Her thoughts drift to Maritza, and the betrayal that cut the deepest. Maritza had stolen the book, leading to their confrontation, and the decision to follow her into the catacombs, even after Maritza had promised safety. "I chased her, but in the end, it was me who was betrayed."

She remembers the conversation with her parents about boarding school—the final blow to everything she’d fought for. The constant sneaking out, the lies. And yet, the thought of being away from her friends felt like a sentence she couldn't escape. "I thought I was saving them, saving Raven Brooks. But now... I’m the one who needs saving."

Her thoughts shift to the hospital, Nicky strapped down in an ambulance, his trauma too much to bear. She tried to apologize, but nothing would fix what she had done. "He won’t even remember me... and I don’t blame him."

Trinity Bales: Whispers to herself "I’ve lost everything... but I can still stop them. I have to."