Juliette wakes in Warner's military quarters after Supreme Commander Anderson shot her, with Warner standing over her.

Warner tells Juliette that all her Omega Point friends are dead, and she vows to kill Anderson.

Warner confesses he lied about serving The Reestablishment, revealing his true goal was to help his ailing mother.

Juliette and Warner arrive at the Omega Point headquarters and find it reduced to an enormous crater.

Kenji Kishimoto is found alive in the ruins and tries to shoot Warner before Juliette steps between them.

Kenji reveals that nine Omega Point members, including Adam Kent and Castle, survived and are hiding nearby.

The Omega Point survivors agree to join Juliette's fight against The Reestablishment, with Adam being the sole holdout.

Juliette uses Warner's pager to call him; he arrives in a panic and offers to house all her friends on the military base.

Juliette outlines her plan to take over Sector 45 and force Anderson to come confront them directly.

Juliette finds Warner alone and crying over his mother's death in her house and holds him as he grieves.

Adam forces Juliette and Kenji's hands together using his nullifying power, but Juliette discovers she can now control her lethal touch.

Juliette goes to Warner, confesses she loves him, and the two kiss and sleep together for the first time.

Juliette and Warner stand before the assembled Sector 45 soldiers and openly declare the start of the rebellion.

Juliette boards Anderson's ship, kills the superpower weapon he deploys against her, and then shoots Anderson dead.

Juliette announces Anderson's death from the soldiers' scaffold and claims leadership; all her surviving friends emerge unharmed.

Juliette Ferrars wakes in the military compound after Supreme Commander Anderson shoots her, and after learning her friends are dead, she vows to kill him and destroy The Reestablishment. She allies with Warner, who confesses he was never truly serving the regime, and together they discover Kenji alive among the ruins of the demolished Omega Point headquarters. The surviving rebels regroup and agree to fight, eventually relocating to Warner's military base where Juliette maps out a plan to lure Anderson into a fatal confrontation. As training intensifies, a violent confrontation with Adam triggers a breakthrough — Juliette discovers she can fully control her lethal touch, freeing her to confess her love to Warner. The rebellion goes public when Juliette and Warner address the Sector 45 soldiers, and the climax arrives when Juliette boards Anderson's ship, kills his superpower weapon, and shoots Anderson dead. She declares herself the new leader from the soldiers' scaffold, and all her friends survive the final battle.

The core battle to defeat The Reestablishment.

Warner reveals that the scene where Juliette believed she was torturing a child was a fabricated simulation.

Juliette decides she has always known she should be the one to lead the resistance against The Reestablishment.

Warner leaves Juliette a pager to contact him before departing the Omega Point ruins, promising to return in four hours.

Juliette and Kenji reach Adam's old apartment, where the surviving Omega Point members are hiding and recovering.

Warner arrives at Adam's apartment and uses borrowed levitation powers to disarm the hostile group aimed at him.

Adam demands Juliette leave the apartment if she wants to be with Warner and tells her to drop dead.

Warner privately admits to Juliette that he offered lodgings to her friends out of love for her alone, not them.

The Omega Point survivors arrive and settle into Warner's military base without Adam and James.

Kenji comments on the unusual stiffness between Juliette and Warner during their first training session at the base.

Juliette crushes and tears apart a fifty-pound weight to demonstrate her growing power to the assembled rebels.

Castle asks who will lead after Anderson is killed, and Juliette formally claims the role of future commander.

Adam and James arrive at the military base; James cheerfully chats with everyone, including a surprised Warner.

Alia designs Juliette a new suit that, if her powers hold steady, should make her nearly invincible to attack.

Juliette loses Kenji in the corridors of Anderson's ship and faces the surrounding soldiers alone.

Juliette finds the kidnapped twins Sara and Sonya unharmed on the ship; they warn her Anderson has a superpower weapon.

This pool traces the supporting decisions and confrontations that shaped the rebellion's formation, beginning with Warner's revelation that the torture room was a fabricated simulation and Juliette's resolve to lead the resistance herself. After the group reunites at Adam's apartment, tensions rise as Warner infiltrates their hideout, and Adam reaches his breaking point by telling Juliette to drop dead. The survivors reluctantly move to Warner's military base, where training begins in earnest and Juliette's power demonstration convinces the rebels she can lead them to victory. Castle formally passes Juliette the mantle of leadership, Adam and James eventually join the others, and Alia creates the suit that makes Juliette nearly invincible to physical attack. The final act follows Juliette onto Anderson's ship, where separation from Kenji and the discovery of the kidnapped twins marks the path toward the decisive confrontation with Anderson.

Warner explains his ability to borrow others' powers and reveals he used it to channel healers' abilities to save Juliette.

Warner describes his mother's illness, which causes her excruciating pain from any touch, as the opposite of Juliette's powers.

Warner sits with Juliette after a nightmare and confesses that she is the only person he truly talks to.

Kenji and Juliette talk alone on the rooftop; he admits constant comic relief exhausts him and pledges to fight with her.

Juliette reexamines her recurring dream of a bird and realizes it represents Warner, not Adam as she had assumed.

Warner shows Juliette the scars on his back and admits his father whipped him every year on his birthday.

Warner tells Juliette that partial affection without love is too painful, and the two begin avoiding emotional closeness.

Adam accuses Juliette of changing; she later tells Kenji she is choosing herself rather than either man.

Warner reveals that the jade ring he always wears was a gift from his mother and the only gift he has ever received.

Warner does not return on time from visiting his mother, and a worried Juliette goes with Kenji to find him.

Adam accidentally reveals Anderson's first name, prompting Warner to shove him against a wall and accuse him of spying.

Juliette tells the assembled group that Warner and Adam are brothers, a revelation that shocks and pains Warner deeply.

Warner approaches Adam privately after learning they are brothers, and the two begin a tentative reconciliation.

Soldiers shoot Juliette repeatedly inside Anderson's ship, but none of the bullets penetrate her defenses.

Warner climbs onto a compound rooftop after surviving the battle and embraces Juliette as the two look toward their future.

This pool focuses on the emotional and strategic revelations that shifted the course of Juliette's journey, from Warner's disclosure of his power-borrowing ability and his description of his mother's agonizing illness to his late-night confession that Juliette is the only person he truly opens up to. As the survivors settle into the base, Juliette revisits her past through a new lens — reinterpreting her recurring bird dream and witnessing Warner's hidden vulnerabilities when he shares his childhood scars and his grief over his mother's death. Key turning points include Juliette choosing herself over both men romantically, Warner's anguish over partial affection pushing them into an awkward distance, and the explosive moment Adam's careless slip reveals that he and Warner are brothers. On the battlefield, Juliette's discovery that she is bulletproof confirms her role as the rebellion's unstoppable leader, and the novel closes with Warner surviving the final battle and climbing to the rooftop to embrace Juliette as they face what comes next.