Opening memory
The Cinema Memory
The chapter opens on a memory of Ger and Denise talking after a movie. They have just watched a version of Snow White and realize that the prince is never given a name.
Where the name comes from
Denise casually names the prince Florian Seth. Hearing it pulls Ger back to the present and to the unresolved confrontation with Florian, the café owner.
The memory connects the fairy-tale idea of a nameless prince with the man whose identity and history have remained impossible to explain.
Core walkthrough
The Kitchen Confrontation
The scene resumes directly after Chapter 15. Florian’s hand is pinned by the utility knife, yet he stays unnervingly calm. He pulls the blade free and drops it into the sink as though the injury barely matters.
1. Stop the recording
Florian reminds Ger that the phone is still recording. Stop it as instructed. This removes the most direct evidence that Ger stabbed him, and Florian says the two of you are now even.
2. Treat the wound
Retrieve the first-aid kit from the corner and use the surgical tape to close and bandage his hand. Helping him creates the pause needed for the explanation that follows.
Florian starts telling the truth
Florian insists that his statement in the church—that Kane and Abel are killers—was not a lie. When Ger confronts him about the photograph from roughly 80 years ago, he finally explains why he still looks the same.
Florian is not a vampire. He explicitly rejects that explanation; his condition comes from what happened after his death and the bargain he forced into existence.
Decisive evidence
The Prison Confession
The story briefly cuts to prison, where Abel passes the time by playing with a ball until Kane loses his patience. Their argument turns to the medication used as evidence at the trial.
Who supplied the pills?
Kane confirms that Florian gave him the pills. This directly connects Florian to the evidence that placed Kane and Abel in danger.
Both men conclude that Florian acted for Ger’s sake. They recognize the plan as a calculated way to remove the other people competing for Ger’s attention.
Wartime flashback
Florian’s 1940s Tragedy
Letters from the front reveal Florian’s life during World War II. He served as a sniper and formed a close bond with Noah, an 18-year-old soldier.
Noah’s death in France
During a patrol in France, a frightened allied soldier fires by mistake and mortally wounds Noah. Florian holds his hand in the mud and watches him die in agony.
Florian’s final letter
The loss breaks him. After writing one final letter to his love, Eliza, Florian enters a bathroom, cuts his wrists, and dies by suicide.
Supernatural reveal
The Afterlife Bargain
Florian awakens after death in a room with no color. A black-clad man explains that the suicide caused an enormous administrative problem: Florian was meant to die from tuberculosis 46 years later.
The broken timeline has another consequence. Eliza, overcome by grief after Florian’s early death, also dies by suicide.
A bargain made through forbidden contact
Desperate to restore Eliza, Florian grabs the man’s hand and offers as many souls as it takes in exchange for her life. Their contact causes a vision that terrifies the man and begins Florian’s search across different lives and eras.
Ger carries part of Eliza’s soul, but Ger is not Eliza. Florian now claims that his feelings are for Ger as an individual, not merely for the woman he lost.
Chapter ending
The Mark in the Family Album
Back at home, Ger’s father notices the blood on Ger’s hand—Florian’s blood—and urges Ger to stay away from trouble and put personal happiness first.
The Florida photograph
An old vacation photo from Florida shows a strikingly familiar mark on Ger’s father’s arm. In the present, the mark has completely disappeared.
Choose to check your father’s arm. He has no memory of the mark or how it appeared, mirroring the gaps in Ger’s own memory and suggesting that the family is tied to the same supernatural system.
At-a-glance guide
Key Choices and Consequences
| Scene | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treating the wound | Stop the recording | Required. It removes the direct recording of the stabbing, and Florian says the two of you are even. |
| Treating the wound | Find the first-aid kit and bandage his hand | Use the surgical tape as instructed. The confrontation settles enough for Florian to tell his full story. |
| End of the café scene | Set boundaries | Tell Florian that this is not the time for romance and keep the focus on Kane and Abel. |
| End of the café scene | Give Florian a hug | Show compassion for his past despite your anger. This changes how Florian responds to Ger. |
| At home | Check your father’s arm | Confirms that the old mark is gone and that Ger’s father has no memory of ever having it. |
What Chapter 16 confirms
Florian planted the pills that implicated Kane, and his actions were meant to clear Ger’s other relationships out of the way.
What remains unresolved
The missing mark and erased memory connect Ger’s father to the mystery, but the chapter does not yet explain who removed them or why.
Continue the walkthrough
Return to the full Chapters 15–19 answer guide, or revisit the kitchen setup in the previous chapter.