As Aria and Xavi race through Parisian catacombs, abandoned galleries, and the charred remains of her childhood home, Aria must unlock the one thing money can’t buy: of that night.
“That’s you,” Xavi says quietly. “Before the fire. You were there. You saw who did it.”
And in the final twist—Xavi isn’t just an ally. The little girl in the painting is holding his hand. They were childhood best friends. And the flame behind them? Held by the woman Aria calls “Simone”—then known by another name: her mother’s former best friend, who was secretly in love with Aria’s father. She inherited a fortune. He inherited the truth. Now they’ll both pay the price.
Aria freezes. She has no memory of that day before the sirens.