Episode 2

**“Episode #1.2”** is the second episode of Season 1, as well as the second episode of the series. It was released on Netflix on October 28, 2022.

## Synopsis

To prepare him for an eventual showdown with his father, Ceelia coaches Nathan on his fighting skills. Jessica makes an enemy during cadet training.

## Plot

Nathan is called by the Fairborn Council to exit his home with his hands in the air. Later, Reutger tells him that he is a Blood Witch, so he is not permitted to live in British borders. However, he would not be killed as Reutger's mother had written that his own blood would kill the Wolf. Reutger offers to train him instead, as she believes he is destined to fight his father.

Nathan is taken up north to be kept safe, but before they make it, the Fairborn witches hit him and spit on him, saying they would get his father one day, but that suited them for now. Weak and covered in blood, Nathan gets back in the van and he starts to heal quickly.

Ceelia and Nathan walk into a room, where she tells him there is no internet and that she would train him to fight his father. She does not believe training him would help him face his father, but she would follow orders. Ceelia also tells Nathan to comply because if he did not, the Fairborns would kill him. Nathan tells her that he is not a Blood Witch, but is not sure exactly what he is. When he asks where his bedroom is, he is taken to a cage and told that training would start right away.

Ceelia tells Nathan they would train his mind and body first, since he had just been beaten up by Fairborn Witches. She tells him that fights are not fair and his father had taken down every single person he had faced. As they train, Ceelia easily beats him since he has terrible technique and she tells him to focus on mind and body.

Soul asks Jessica if Kieran was being nice to her, and she said that he had. She says that other cadets had not been treating her very well because of her association with Nathan and Marcus. He tells her about how Marcus Edge had different ideas than him and that it was his fault that the Wolf had been welcomed into the hen coop.

As Nathan's training progresses, he is made to run a 5-mile circuit, which he is timed for. When Ceelia sees that he was not very fast, he runs it again and remembers when he started beating Niall.

Nathan asks Annalise if he really is a Blood Witch, but she says that it does not matter because he is not his father. He mentions that when Niall was provoking him, he really wanted to hurt him, but she tells him that that's the definition of provoking. She tells him to stop feeling sorry for himself because it is his least attractive quality.

Annalise visits Nathan's home, but Gran tells him that he is gone, not telling her where. Gran tells her to leave and get on with her life.

As Ceelia keeps training Nathan, he is constantly being pushed to improve. Meanwhile, Jessica also trains as a cadet and is told she needs to do better.

In the cadet training academy, Jessica is taunted by Hazel about her step-father and told to shapeshift into someone who is not a traitor. Jessica shapeshifts into her and exposes her breasts. Then she morphs into her boyfriend and exposes his genitalia. After that, she morphs into her father and exposes him as well.

In her room, Kieran approaches Jessica to try and get her to calm things down between her and the other girl. However, she tells him that he has lived a life of privilege and she is sick of being torn down.

Nathan tells Ceelia that he wants to call Annalise. However, she tells him to draw himself a picture, showing him the one he had drawn. When she refuses to give it back to him, Nathan loses his temper and says he wants to go home. Ceelia says he can go home, but he had to pick up the book she was reading first. Nathan fails to do so and keeps training. One day, while running the circuit, Ceelia shines a light on him and tells him he looks just like his father.

In Wales, it seems Marcus has attacked, so Fairborn hunters start moving to help. When the vans make it, the witches move inside a house. They see many dead bodies and a dying woman, who they do not even try to help. A Fairborn opens the attic door and human remains fall from there. Jessica realizes that this was the first team, so the Fairborns call for support.

Annalise's 17th birthday comes around and in a ceremony, she is given her gifts and blood Reu by her father Soul. Reutger and Soul talk about what happened in Wales, and Soul says he doubts that it was Marcus who attacked.

In the morning, Nathan is let out of his cage by Ceelia and is beaten by her. He is able to block a punch, which she says he would not have been able to do a month ago.

Annalise wonders what her power will be and asks herself why Nathan had not called her on her birthday. She heads to a bowling alley and plays with friends and a boy who flirts with her. As they head back to her house, he tries making a move on her, but she does not want to. He starts feeling pain, so he asks her what she is doing and tells her to make it stop as they crash.

Bjorn leads the team as they look for the Blood Witch that attacked the first team. Jessica hears screams as she walks through a cornfield and finds a man choking Hazel and taking her powers. As the Blood Witch finds out Jessica is looking at her, she shoots him dead; however, she says that she could not save Hazel.

In the hospital, Annalise wakes up and is told that she was in a car crash. She tells Soul she does not remember what happened as he leaves and is told by Bjorn that Hazel is dead.

Soul rings Reutger's bell, but finds that her lock had been busted open. Pushing the doors to her hose open, he walks inside and finds it trashed. Inside, he finds Reutger lying dead with her heart gone. Aoife joins him, and he tells her that it had been Marcus. Soul tells her that 7 of her fingers were broken, which meant that was what it had taken her to give them up. She suggests running, but he tells her that her power is illumination and that his is growing plants, so they do not have a chance. However, Soul tells her that they are not as powerless as she thinks. Looking around the room, they find that Marcus now knows about the prophecy, so he would be after his child as well.

Nathan keeps training, growing faster and stronger. After a run, Nathan finds Ceelia with more hunters. He is told that Reutger was dead after his father attacked her, and now knew about the prophecy, so they needed more numbers to keep him safe. Nathan offers to fight a Fairborn and is beaten quickly, which Ceelia says makes her look bad. Ceelia tells Nathan about when she was 11, her parents were called to a meeting at the Council to talk peace. Nathan recognizes this as the massacre as Ceelia tells the story of when she saw Nathan's dad. She remembers staying silent and hidden as a child.

One day after finishing a run, Ceelia punches Nathan asking him what his weaknesses were, and he tells her that her weakness was underestimating him, as he fought back and threw her to the ground. However, when he did so, she smiled. Later, she tells him about his father's power and how the more Fairborns he killed, the stronger he became.

Soul leaves his house with a gun and approaches Rowan, who knows about Reutger. Soul tells him he is hunted, but would fight. Rowan tells him that a fight would be ineffective, but Soul reveals that he has old magic he can use. Rowan tells him that magic should not be used, but Soul tells him he has no choice and kills him with the gun, disguising it to make it look as if Marcus had killed him.

After running one day, Ceelia tells Nathan that he had accomplished his best time so far.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Jay Lycurgo as Nathan Byrne
* Nadia Parkes as Annalise O'Brien
* Paul Ready as Soul O'Brien
* Isobel Jesper Jones as Jessica Byrne
* Karen Connell as Ceelia
* Franc Ashman as Reutger
* Kerry Fox as Esmie Byrne
* Liz White as Penelope O'Brien
* Fehinti Balogun as Bjorn
* Tim Plester as Rowan O'Brien
* Hector Hewer as Kieran O'Brien
* Misia Butler as Niall O'Brien

### Additional Cast

* Harriet Cains as Hazel
* Daniel Coll as Hazel's Father
* Jake Dunn as David
* Andrew Greenough as Alfie
* Billy Gunnion as Hazel's Boyfriend
* Emiko Ishii as Alex
* Laura Lake as Mya
* Shereen Martin as Aoife
* Orla McDonagh as Young Ceelia
* Jeska Pike as Gill
* Dylan Devonald Smith as Blood Witch
* Jermaine Young as Lennox
* Kaine Zajaz as Taylor
* Aidan Gaddass as Hunter