The Covenant Files

Marcus researches the case and discovers all victims had Hell contracts. He realizes the Ritual of Transference creates legal innocence as a cosmic loophole, voiding infernal contracts. Research into the 1987 Sword of St.

Chen presents the murder board showing four victims forced to confess false sins then carved with Enochian. Marcus discovers the Ritual of Transference in a banned Vatican text. A fifth victim at St. Monica's shows an evolving pattern - symbols now declare innocence by decree.

Marcus witnesses the death of Robert Cardelli in an alley behind St. Adalbert's. His blessed rosary burns both the victim and himself. Enochian symbols spelling INNOCENT are carved into the dead man's chest. A homeless woman watches from across the alley and vanishes.