Dínora admits that they are lost; she has not guided them well. She swears to Fernando that, no matter what happens, Juan will not leave alive. As night falls, an animal bites Dínora. Rosario wakes up from the coma.

Dínora clings to Juan as her last salvation and, in desperation, attacks Fernando, who shoots her and watches her body disappear into the swamp. Rosario apologizes to Franco and Sara.