When innocent higher angels turn up dead in Vega, Michael enlists Alex to help protect the others, but Gabriel exposes a long-hidden secret that threatens to tear them apart.
A powerful Vega senator takes the city's leaders and food supply hostage with one demands announce the secret identity of the Chosen One to the public or suffer the consequences.
Alex attempts to escape his responsibilities as the Chosen One by leaving Vega, but an encounter with Gabriel's forces leave him and Michael fighting for their lives