Potomac is identified as the setting of an earlier attack on the Solomon family estate, a past event that Mal’akh invokes to explain his survival and deepen the threat facing Katherine Solomon. The location connects the family’s home to the violent history that continues to shape Peter Solomon’s grief and Mal’akh’s pursuit of revenge.

The Estate and Zach’s Bridge

Mal’akh recalls that, on Katherine’s family estate in Potomac, Peter shot him and he fell through the ice at Zach’s bridge. The account makes Potomac more than a passing place-name: it locates an earlier confrontation within the Solomon family’s private grounds and ties that setting to Mal’akh’s survival. His recollection turns the estate into evidence of a history Katherine recognizes as bound up with her family’s losses.

Family Memory and Consequence

Potomac’s significance is sharpened by the narrative’s separate attention to Peter’s remorse over Zachary Solomon. Katherine understands that Peter has long blamed himself for leaving his son in prison and has called that decision the worst mistake of his life. The passages do not establish that this remorse is tied specifically to the estate or bridge; together, however, they place Potomac within a wider family history marked by Zachary’s death, Peter’s guilt, and Mal’akh’s return.