Juliette sits in her room, still astonished that Adam and Warner are brothers. Despite this commonality, the two brothers have made different choices that have led to their lives being very different.

Castle arrives and offers Juliette her first official Omega Point assignment, which she is excited to receive until she learns that the assignment is to interrogate Warner. Castle says Juliette will be less afraid than anyone else, since Warner can’t touch her, and Juliette doesn’t correct him. She wonders how long she can keep Warner’s ability to touch her a secret.

Juliette stands in front of Warner’s door, thinking of the accident that led him to realize he could touch her and the kiss (which she used as a distraction, at the end of Shatter Me, in order to grab Warner’s gun and shoot him) that confirmed it. She hasn’t told anyone and now can’t tell Adam that “the one person he hates most in this world—second only to his father” (147) can touch her. The guards at Warner’s door thank her for coming; Warner has been destroying everything in the room and only calmed down once he heard Juliette was coming. Juliette attempts to seem confident despite her nerves.