Juliette is held in a psychiatric institution cell by The Reestablishment, isolated and deprived of all human contact.

A young man named Adam is placed in Juliette's cell as her new cellmate.

Soldiers storm Juliette's cell and forcibly transport her to a Reestablishment compound called Sector 45.

Juliette is brought before Warner, the young leader of Sector 45, who demands she weaponize her lethal touch for him.

Warner gives Juliette a lavishly decorated room in the compound and assigns Adam as her personal guard.

Warner publicly executes soldier Fletcher by shooting him in the head for fraternizing with rebel civilians.

Adam privately tells Juliette in the shower that he can safely touch her and promises to help her escape.

Warner locks Juliette in a spike-filled torture chamber with a blindfolded toddler to force her to use her touch.

Juliette breaks through concrete walls and slams Warner to the floor in a rage after the torture chamber ordeal.

Adam ties Warner up while Juliette grabs their bags and the two escape by climbing down a rope from the compound window.

Warner's soldiers ambush the group near the street and Warner shoots Adam during the confrontation.

Juliette kisses Warner to distract him, grabs the gun from his jacket pocket, and shoots him.

Juliette follows Adam's blood trail to a slaughterhouse and cuts him free from bindings on a conveyor belt.

Kenji drives the group to a hidden location where Adam is rushed into medical care and Juliette is sedated.

Juliette is given a custom suit enabling safe contact with others and embraces her place in the resistance.

Juliette Ferrars is imprisoned in a psychiatric institution by The Reestablishment because of her lethal touch, until a cellmate named Adam is placed with her. She is soon transported to Sector 45 and brought before Warner, a ruthless young commander who wants to weaponize her ability against rebel forces. Despite being given comfortable quarters, Juliette refuses to cooperate, and Warner escalates his manipulation through public executions and a horrifying torture chamber designed to break her will. Adam secretly allies with Juliette, and the two escape the compound before Warner's soldiers track them down and shoot Adam. Juliette fights back by shooting Warner, rescues Adam from a slaughterhouse, and flees with him to Omega Point, a hidden resistance headquarters. There, Juliette heals, discovers others who share her kind of gift, and receives a custom suit that allows her to touch people safely, marking her decision to join the fight against the regime.

The headline events of Juliette's journey from prison cell to resistance.

Juliette guides Adam through the institution's unspoken shower rules, teaching him how to survive in captivity.

After their shared shower, Adam wraps Juliette in two blankets and apologizes for his earlier hostile behavior.

Adam tells Juliette that The Reestablishment plans to destroy all languages and replace them with one universal tongue.

Warner escorts Juliette through a lavish compound interior and promises her an abundant life if she cooperates with him.

Warner fires a gun across the dinner table when Juliette insults him, warning her to choose her words carefully.

Warner forces Juliette to grab soldier Jenkins in front of watching troops, showcasing her lethal power publicly.

Juliette finds her missing notebook hidden inside the armoire and discovers a secret message written in someone else's handwriting.

Warner addresses his assembled soldiers from a high ledge and announces Juliette as a powerful new asset to Sector 45.

Adam disables all cameras in Juliette's room, creating a private space where the two can finally speak freely.

Kenji arrives at Adam's house beaten and shot, revealing Warner tortured him for information about Adam's location.

Soldiers attack Adam's house and Adam, Juliette, James, and Kenji flee through a hidden exit into the street.

Adam and Juliette duck into an old warehouse during the street chase and barely escape the pursuing soldiers.

Juliette wakes up in what appears to be a medical ward, cleaned and cared for by unknown strangers.

Castle explains that The Reestablishment fabricates food shortages and hides animals to keep the population afraid and weak.

Adam slips one of Juliette's gloves off and holds her bare hand as they walk together through Omega Point.

Before the escape plan takes shape, a series of smaller but consequential moments define Juliette's experience in captivity. She teaches Adam how to survive the institution's unspoken rules and begins to trust him, while Warner uses increasingly calculated tactics to break her will, including public displays of her power and manipulative dinner confrontations. A hidden notebook becomes a turning point, signaling to Juliette that Adam is genuinely on her side. Once they flee to Adam's house, an injured Kenji arrives and soldiers quickly follow, forcing the group into a desperate street chase before reaching safety. At Omega Point, Juliette learns the full scope of The Reestablishment's lies about scarcity, and the story closes with a quiet but meaningful gesture as Adam holds her bare hand for all to see.

The supporting moments that shaped Juliette's path to freedom.

Juliette studies Adam's eyes and realizes she has seen him somewhere before in her past.

Adam is revealed to be a soldier deliberately placed in Juliette's cell to spy on her for Warner.

Warner reveals he spent months collecting Juliette's hospital records and personal histories before she was ever imprisoned.

Warner tells Juliette that Adam volunteered to spy on her and called her a freak, aiming to provoke her rage.

Juliette and Adam privately confirm their shared past and recall that Adam was the only one who protected her from bullies.

Juliette and Adam share their first kiss after discovering that her lethal touch leaves him completely unharmed.

Juliette looks at her own reflection in a mirror for the first time in years while Adam tells her she is beautiful.

During the escape, Warner grabs Juliette's bare leg to stop her and she realizes he too is immune to her touch.

Adam reveals his bird tattoo and he and Juliette discover they have both been dreaming of the same white bird.

Juliette reaches out and touches Kenji upon arriving at the hideout, revealing he is not immune to her power.

Castle greets Juliette at Omega Point and explains that his resistance group has been searching for her for a long time.

Castle moves a key with his mind to demonstrate his psychokinesis and reveals that many Omega Point members share similar gifts.

Juliette meets Brendan, a resistance member whose uncontrollable electrical sparks make her feel understood for the first time.

Adam wakes up in Omega Point's medical ward almost completely healed, stunning Juliette with his rapid recovery.

Kenji admits he has worked undercover for Omega Point for years and joined the army specifically to monitor Warner's plans.

Beneath the surface of the main plot, a chain of discoveries and emotional shifts quietly reshapes Juliette's understanding of herself and the people around her. The truth about Adam's identity as a spy gives way to a deeper revelation — that he has known and cared for Juliette since childhood — and their first kiss marks the moment she stops seeing her touch as a curse. Warner's immunity to her touch during the escape forces her to confront unsettling questions about him, even as she chooses to run. At Omega Point, the revelations accelerate: Kenji's secret role as an undercover operative, Castle's psychokinetic gift, and a community of people with abilities like hers all shatter Juliette's belief that she is uniquely monstrous. Each discovery strips away another layer of the isolation that has defined her life, leaving her standing at the edge of a future she finally dares to want.