Eliza flees as the manor collapses in fire. At the gates, she looks back one last time.
The ember-eyed figure stands in the flames, his gaze fixed on hers—not with anger, but relief. Then the fire swallows him whole.
By dawn, Blackwood Hill is nothing but ruins. The townsfolk murmur that the curse is broken at last.
But when Eliza returns home, another envelope waits on her windowsill. This one is white.
It reads:
"Nothing ends. The Keeper must always return."