Tears streamed down Blake's face as she wiped them away with a blank expression, murmuring to herself, "I don't believe you're gone, just like that. If you haven't come back to look for me in three years, I'll go search for you myself.

"No matter where you are or what it takes, even if it means going to the ends of the earth. I'll never believe you're dead, Kevin."

Unbeknownst to Blake, two men observed her from a secluded corner of Ventropolis through surveillance footage. One chuckled. "This