"Oh! There is a terrible witch in that house who spewed her poison over me and scratched me with her long fingernails."
I have to say, considering the monsters we've seen, long fingernails don't exactly fill me with terror. And after she's spewed poison over you, complaining about the manicure seems a little whiney.
Anyway, in Rosalie's shop Monroe has just discovered the target of Renard's obsession - Juliette! She leaves the shop in a hurry and drives off followed by a leather clad figure on a bike. Renard leaves and gets his own biker follower.
The drama from this results in Renard being all pouty and withdrawn, Juliette ringing Nick "hey Nick we have to talk." And Monroe ringing Nick "hey Nick we have to talk." At this point I'd have the idea that Juliette is going to run away with Monroe.
Meanwhile, Adalind has arrived in town in a big rich car, staying in a big rich hotel, surrounded by big leather clad guards (including the bikers who were following Juliette and Renard) all of which have been doodling significantly on their hands. She wants to know all about Renard and Juliette.
And Nick gets to have the very very very awkward conversation with Monroe who carefully does everything he can to minimise Juliette's role and suggests it may be the spell Adalind cast. Time to go see Juliette - who is on the phone to Renard telling him she knows Monroe.
Awkward conversation the second! Nick and Juliette. Lots of high emotion, lots of decent acting as Juliette confesses having uncontrollable feelings for another man. Nick asks who it is and just before she names him... he says he doesn't want to know (OH GRIMM YOU THRICE BE DAMNED TEASE!), it's none of his business any more. And he leaves.
Juliette goes from there to see Monroe - who provides a hug and shoulder to cry on. She spends the night and the next day she tells him she remembers that, before she lost her memory, Monroe was going to tell her something. Monroe desperately wiggles out of it (since he was going to woge and show her) and Juliette realises that he's Nick's friend and won't spill the secret.
Renard gets a visit from the hand-doodlers and Adalind who has an ultimatum for Renard after the obligatory snark. He gets the key from Nick in 24 hours - or she tells Nick who he is (Royal and otherwise) and that he tried to kill Aunt Marie
And Hank faces a ready microwave meal for one and a visitor - Adalind. She's there to apologise and say her baking days are over. Uh-huh. She tries to suggest Nick may have told lies about her than that he was involved in Catherine, her mother's death, but Hank isn't buying what she's selling. When he returns to his meal, he's attacked by 2 hundjager
That morning, Wu calls Nick to tell him Hank has been severely beaten and his home wrecked. Nick hurries to the hospital. He talks to Hank, dodging his question about who killed Catherine and saying Adalind is behind getting Hank beat up - to get to him.
Renard has a call in French to his contacts and we get some more tantalising hints of meta - Eric, his brother, is making a move backed by the Verrat (what is the relationship between the Verrat and the Royals!?). One of Renard's people was caught, tortured and killed - and someone called Danilov is now in control. They hang up - and a Hundjager leaps on Renard's contact.
Things are starting to get complicated - Renard and Nick (still without Nick knowing about him and Juliette or about Renard and the Verrat or the Royals) decide Adalind is behind the attack on Hank and get Wu looking under every rock for her - and Monroe calls Nick telling him Juliette had left, but Nick worries Adalind may target her again. Nick and Monroe hurry to the house...
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