The final betrayal

Panel 1 – (David returns home late, exhausted. Something feels off.)

Panel 2 – (He hears hushed voices upstairs. His heart pounds.)

Panel 3 – (Slowly, he creeps toward the bedroom, gun holstered at his side.)

Panel 4 – (Through the cracked door, he sees Sarah… with Mark. Laughing, intimate.)

PAGE 52: The Cold Truth (5 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David's world crumbles. His breath catches.)

Panel 2 – (Mark caresses Sarah's face. She whispers:) "It's almost done. Just a little longer."

Panel 3 – (Mark smirks.) "Then we disappear. He can have the mess he came back to."

Panel 4 – (David grips the doorway, shaking. His knuckles go white.)

Panel 5 – (Narration: "I survived hell. And this… this is what I come back to?")

PAGE 53: The Crack in His Mind (4 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David stumbles back into the hallway, his vision blurry, his head pounding.)

Panel 2 – (Flashback: Soldiers dying, screaming for him. Blood on his hands.)

Panel 3 – (Flashback fades: Now it's his wife's betrayal, her whispers, her smirk.)

Panel 4 – (Narration: "All these years, I've been fighting the wrong war.")

PAGE 54: The Descent (5 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David enters the darkened kitchen, hands trembling.)

Panel 2 – (He sees his own reflection in a knife's blade. His eyes are hollow.)

Panel 3 – (Narration: "This world… it only understands strength.")

Panel 4 – (He picks up the knife, gripping it tight.)

Panel 5 – (Narration: "Maybe it's time I stop pretending to be something I'm not.")

PAGE 55: Embracing the Demon (4 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David stands in the living room, utterly still, knife in hand.)

Panel 2 – (He looks at old family photos. Something inside him breaks.)

Panel 3 – (Narration: "The man they wanted me to be… he's already dead.")

Panel 4 – (For the first time, David allows the darkness inside him to take over.)

PAGE 56: The Confrontation (5 Panels)

Panel 1 – (Sarah and Mark exit the bedroom, laughing—then stop dead.)

Panel 2 – (David is standing there, knife in one hand, gun in the other.)

Panel 3 – (Sarah's face goes pale.) "David… what are you doing?"

Panel 4 – (Mark instinctively steps back, fear creeping in.)

Panel 5 – (David's voice is eerily calm.) "You should've left while you had the chance."

PAGE 57: The Reckoning (4 Panels)

Panel 1 – (Sarah grabs Mark's arm, whispering.) "Run."

Panel 2 – (Mark bolts toward the door. David doesn't move, watching.)

Panel 3 – (Sarah cries, pleading.) "David, please, don't do this!"

Panel 4 – (David lifts the gun, pointing it at her.) (Narration: "Did she plead for me?")

PAGE 58: The Decision (5 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David's finger tightens on the trigger. The weight of the moment hangs.)

Panel 2 – (A noise—a tiny gasp. Emily stands in the hallway, eyes wide.)

Panel 3 – (David freezes. His grip trembles.)

Panel 4 – (Emily whispers.) "Daddy…?"

Panel 5 – (Narration: "What am I doing?")

PAGE 59: The Collapse (4 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David drops the gun. His breath ragged, his body shaking.)

Panel 2 – (He stares at his daughter. The one thing still pure in his world.)

Panel 3 – (Sarah, in shock, grabs Emily, backing away.)

Panel 4 – (David sinks to his knees, gripping his head.) (Narration: "I was ready to become the monster.")

PAGE 60: The End of a War (4 Panels)

Panel 1 – (David walks out the front door, vanishing into the night.)

Panel 2 – (A final narration.) "Some demons can't be exorcised. They can only be embraced."

Panel 3 – (Cut to a war memorial. David standing before it, a lone figure, forever haunted.)

Panel 4 – (Final words.) "I fought for my country. I fought for my family. And in the end… I lost both."