The head of the Vermilion Order prepares to retire and visit family under a fabricated slum‑born identity. Her team stitches a detailed backstory—street orphan who worked into university, faint of blood, loves pink—and outfits her while Justin arranges travel. Colleagues warn she has many enemies and a three‑billion bounty; returning could endanger the Randalls. Just as she decides to go home, a report arrives: Drake’s son Michael survived and fled back after possibly seeing her face. Her planned homecoming is instantly jeopardized; her cover is blown and her next move is uncertain.