Over the following days, Helena remembers more and more, gradually piecing reality back together. Still, she struggles to understand her and Kaine’s situation. She begs him to explain why he agreed to Morrough’s pregnancy plan. She realizes the only way “to weaken Morrough” is to eliminate Kaine (876). Kaine is reconciled with this fate, but Helena doesn’t want to lose him again.

Helena and Kaine have an intimate conversation, apologizing for what happened at the end of the war. When Kaine leaves, Helena makes him promise he’ll return.

Helena realizes Kaine is trying to appease her so she won’t run away and harm the baby. Finally, she confronts him and promises not to terminate the pregnancy if they escape. A pained Kaine doesn’t want to talk about the baby because it was conceived by rape. Helena assures him it doesn’t matter and professes her love. Later on, Dr. Stroud examines Helena and announces that the baby is a girl.

Dr. Stroud worries that Morrough will be upset by the baby’s sex. Kaine insists they change the subject. Helena tries to impress on him that the baby is his daughter and that it’s okay to love her despite the circumstances of her conception. He softens, and the lovers lie together and choose the name Enid for the baby. Then they kiss and have sex.

Helena and Kaine discuss the future. Kaine wants to sacrifice himself to kill Morrough. Helena begs him to survive for her and their baby.

Aurelia hosts a dinner party. Everyone is shocked when they see a visibly pregnant Helena. Kaine explains the importance of the baby to Morrough—which infuriates Aurelia. Helena remains as calm as she can throughout. Atreus confronts Kaine, accusing him of letting Morrough use him.

A few days later, Helena visits the library with Kaine. She tries to make sense of Luc’s death and Morrough’s use of his soul. Although she couldn’t save Luc, she thinks she might save Kaine; Morrough has already taken his soul, and he is visibly weakening. Kaine insists he doesn’t have a choice but to die. The lovers kiss and have sex.

Desperate to save Kaine, Helena vacillates between anger and sorrow. One day, Ivy visits Spirefell. She apologizes for compromising the Resistance and admits she was selfish. Kaine appears and tries to kill Ivy for her disloyalty. Helena defends her, and Ivy reveals information about Morrough: He has Kaine’s soul stored in his arm bone. If they extract it, they can save Kaine. Kaine protests, but Helena insists they retrieve the bone. They send word to Shiseo, and he heads toward Spirefell.

Kaine brings Helena outside to see Amaris. Aurelia appears and gets upset about Helena’s continued presence at Spirefell. An intolerant Kaine blinds his wife. Afterwards, they learn that Shiseo was killed on his way to Spirefell.

Helena and Kaine learn that Atreus killed Aurelia. Kaine doesn’t mourn his wife but fears he is losing control, recognizing that Morrough is a greater threat than he imagined. He leaves Spirefell for several days. Helena is anxious in his absence. When he returns gravely injured, she does her best to nurse him back to health. When he regains consciousness, Kaine begs Helena to protect herself from Atreus and flee Spirefell immediately.

Helena has an encounter with Atreus. He blames her for using and manipulating Kaine. Helena explains the truth about their relationship and Morrough’s abuse of Kaine. She also reveals that Morrough tortured his wife Enid. She begs Atreus to have mercy on his son and sever allegiance with Morrough, as Kaine is the only family he has left. A shocked Atreus lashes out. Kaine surfaces, and Atreus verbally and physically attacks him, too.

Ivy returns to Spirefell with Kaine’s phylactery—a small vessel containing his soul—which she retrieved from Morrough. Helena rejoices, insisting she and Kaine can run away together now. Kaine protests but finally agrees to let her restore the phylactery. The procedure is long and torturous. Once it’s over, the lovers fly away from Spirefell on Amaris.

The lovers arrive at a hunting cottage in the woods. Helena is relieved to be free and that Kaine is with her, but she fears for their lives at every moment. The following day, they head to a remote village where Helena and Kaine reunite with Lila and Pol.

The friends make amends and catch up. They make plans to travel to an island off the coast of Etras. The next day, they cross the sea to their destination. When they arrive at a port, they learn that the High Reeve’s disappearance has sparked renewed fighting.

The companions arrive at their destination and settle at a cottage Kaine arranged for them. Kaine promises they are safe. Helena and Lila spend their days together. Eventually, Helena gives birth. They name the baby Enid Rose Ferron.

Helena, Kaine, Enid, Lila, and Pol continue living together. Over time, Kaine warms to Enid and lets go of his guilt over her conception. Soon, Lila plans to return to Paladia with Pol. Morrough is still at large, and she is determined to kill him once and for all to avenge Luc. Kaine trains Lila over the following months while Helena works on a new bomb. Eventually, the friends bid each other a tearful goodbye.

A year and a half later, Lila successfully kills Morrough. She leaves Paladia and reunites with Helena, Enid, and Kaine. Lila wants her to return to Paladia with her, but Helena refuses to leave Kaine. Some time later, Lila and Pol depart once more.

Over the years following, Helena and Kaine do their best to give Enid a happy childhood despite their isolation. They eventually achieve stability. Ten years later, the couple says goodbye to Enid when she leaves home for Paladia.

In Paladia, Enid rejoins Lila and Pol and joins a vivimancy program. She and Pol catch up, reflecting on their difficult childhoods and gratitude for each other.