Hunt escorts Bryce to a secret cell beneath the Comitium to interrogate Philip Briggs. Gaunt and time-lost, Briggs asks the date, denies involvement in the White Raven bombing, and says he neither killed Danika nor knows about the Horn. He claims he liked Danika and that she had warned him to stop before arresting him.

Briggs alleges Danika met him twice, tried to go easy, and may have let some followers escape during the final raid. He says his show trial ensured silence about her, and suggests Keres might have bombed the club. Bryce ends the meeting, and Hunt leaves shaken by the mirror of fanaticism and torture he sees.

Back at Bryce’s apartment, they agree Briggs isn’t behind the Pack’s murder. Hunt, brooding, reveals years of torture: seven in Asteri dungeons, then more under Archangel Ramuel before being used as an assassin—hatred sustained him. Bryce counters that he isn’t like Briggs and briefly takes his hand, steadying him.

Shifting back to the case, they realize the Luna’s Temple exterior cameras from the night the Horn was stolen could still hold clues if reanalyzed properly. Concluding Keres may have bombed the club while Briggs didn’t kill Danika, they plan to obtain and re-examine the footage.