At Koen’s cabin, the Northwest leadership debates how to stop Irene before she can repeat the cult’s old strategy of killing an Alpha and destabilizing the pack. Serena proposes that the pack let Irene abduct her on purpose, reasoning that Irene would use Serena to lure Koen and his seconds into an ambush. Amanda and others see the logic, but Koen reacts furiously because the plan would put Serena outside his protection; Serena counters that his love for her means he cannot command her the way he commands the pack.

The next day, the plan is set in motion near the eastern huddle and Constantine’s family home by the Human border. Saul checks the tracker implanted in Serena’s arm so the pack can follow her once she is taken, while Koen reluctantly says goodbye and makes Serena promise to come to him for anything she needs. At the old house, Serena keeps up the cover story that she wants to reconnect with her ancestry, while Amanda reassures her that publicly defying Koen has not weakened his authority.

While they wait, Amanda privately thanks Serena for not taking Koen away from the Northwest. Amanda admits she understood long ago that Koen’s feelings for Serena could have led him to abandon the pack, even if he would have hated himself for it. Their planned phone call then gives Amanda a reason to leave Serena alone, allowing the abduction to happen as intended.

Serena wakes bound before Irene, who scolds her for choosing the Northwest over the cult and insists that Serena, as Constantine’s only direct descendant, should have embraced her role. Irene makes clear that if Serena will not become the symbol the cult wants, Irene is willing to turn her into a martyr instead. Irene also notices the tracker in Serena’s arm, signaling that she may already be accounting for the pack’s plan.

At the hideout, Serena is shocked by the scale of the cult’s stockpile, which includes not just firearms but explosives, proving the attack has been in preparation for some time. From overheard conversations, Serena learns the cult plans to act quickly because Koen’s pack can probably track her location. Later, a Human man apologizes and sedates Serena; when she wakes in the night, the tracker has been cut from her bleeding arm, most of the cult has moved on, and she has been left behind with only two Human guards, revealing that Irene has outmaneuvered the trap.