Still baffled from everything you saw and read inside you stand at the edge of the forest, looking back to the dark fortress you just broke into. It seems unbelievable. Impossible. Someone pushes you rather roughly in the back and, finally turning your back to the fortress, you enter the forest. It smells of snow, the cold, tree bark and resin. A good smell.

"The money?", Kaz' raspy voice asks you from behind and you flinch instinctively.

"Even more jumpy than good ol' Wylan it seems.", Jesper says, patting your shoulder.

"I wonder, why is it always the same jokes with you?", Wylan scoffs. He fails in his try not to sound offended.

"The money?", Kaz insists and you hand him over the rest of your coins. This time, Kaz takes the time to count them himself. Having finished, he clears his throat.

"Well, then our business is over here.", he says. Inej nods in your direction, Nina winks at you, Wylan smiles friendly as a goodbye, Matthias just is his usual grim self, while Jesper waves cheerfully before he leaves. And one by one the crows vanish behind the trees. They leave nothing behind but soft footprints on the snow-flecked ground, the Wraith even less. 

Maybe, you think, it's all been just a long dream.