After the hospital, Lauren opens a copy of Romeo and Juliet—but Zu brings her own truth. As memories resurface, Zu questions whether the past was fiction… or hers to begin with. One thing is clear: the story isn’t over.

Ori replays the gaze that shattered him. Zu wakes in a hospital, Verona flooding back. And across centuries, Romeo waits under a tree. Everything is coming together.

In Verona’s shadows, Tai steps into the House of Capulet. Juliet has returned—his uncle makes it clear: their wait is over. With Lucrezia at his side, he takes to the sky. The Capulet jet is bound for New York.

Zu leaves the High Line with Ori still on her lips. Then metal screams—glass flies—and she's ripped from Manhattan into another century. Destiny just took the wheel.

Six seconds. No blinking. No breath. Just everything. Some connections don’t begin—they return. 

Ori feels it through the screen—someone’s watching. Someone who knows him. Hermes arrives with holograms and hard truths, but Ori can’t stop obsessing over the white dress. And destiny is only minutes away.

At home, Zu tries to unwind, but her mind won’t settle. One name—Ori—keeps rising to the surface. An online search leads to a mysterious livestream and a moment so intense, it feels impossible. She shuts off the tablet, but something in her refuses to power down.

Zu’s instinct for Shakespeare lands her an unexpected role in The Lights, but something about Landon’s performance feels off. Meanwhile, an encounter with Ori’s past work—an eerily familiar white dress—triggers strange visions and an unsettling chill. The past is getting closer, whether Zu is ready or not.

At Trinity Rose, Zu’s sharp sense of smell gives her an edge—except when it overwhelms her. Between meeting new friends, discovering The Lights, and Professor Lauren analyzing her sketches, Zu starts to feel like she’s uncovering something bigger than just art.

16-year-old Zu sketches quietly in a New York City café, haunted by a face she’s never seen—and a feeling she can’t explain. As she reflects on her move from Hong Kong and the strange pull of her drawings, a story begins to surface—one about identity, memory, and the moment before everything changes.