Chapter-packed episode where Vuette painfully transforms into a human to blend into a seeded world while Ryland prepares a hidden shield; a spreading darkness led by Ghent attacks young mages, forcing Liz to flee and Jake to confront terrifying visions as he races to save survivors and stop the shapers’ march.

Liz wakes from a nightmare to find a strange, exhausted teen named Jake who can psychically see through others' eyes. As the group reels from loss and betrayal, Jake guides them toward a dangerous truth: someone called Ghent is closing in and a friend may have already betrayed them.

Meanwhile, a nonhuman stranger from another world arrives with a shocking offer and the power to move people between worlds. Alliances fracture, secrets surface, and several characters vanish, leaving the survivors stunned and reeling.

Friends scramble to find Jerome while tensions flare after a confrontation at a wine bar and a sudden blackout spreads through the city. Liz, Hank, and the group face fear, grief, and the threat of a hunter preying on attuned people.

Meanwhile Jake's farseeing powers grow as he learns to tune his perception and faces the terrifying presence of Ghent, while Vuette wrestles with the cost of sanctuary and the choice to use her lost world as an anchor.