Frieda manages hunters while preparing to meet Vatican priest Mikael about capturing Curtis. She and Abigail meet Mikael at a diner, where he orders her to stand down and wait.
Arthur and Niccolo explore dark tunnels, finding children's carvings, drawings, and sedatives. The physical evidence breaks through Arthur's remaining skepticism—children don't scratch names into concrete over mythology. He now speaks of their abilities as fact.
Kate and Lyle escape the police raid by sneaking past the SWAT team. They steal a car and drive east. Lyle learns about Victor, Kate's past with him, and Helen. Despite Kate's intentions to protect him, Lyle insists on helping her because they're partners and Victor must be stopped.
Exit kitchen to garden discovering blue flowers that are trap, smell flower and black out, wake buried alive in coffin, break through rotted bottom into crypt below
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The night before a major assault on the fortress of Valtherion, Aldric confides he knows he will die - he felt his daughter's death. The attack begins at dawn. In the brutal fighting, Aldric is killed by a Karthian officer, fulfilling his premonition.
Jeremy orchestrates church massacre using Megyn's telekinetic abilities to avenge Leopold. Reflects on Leopold's associates including George Castinella. Manipulates Megyn into killing parishioners and discovering Leopold's death.