By Jeff Long
Cassie wakes to find some guy, really hot, burning something in Nick's backyard. It was apparently Jake, Nick's older brother. Also, the Binding Ceremony evidently bound all of them to each other's bloodline, which means they're bound to Jake as well. It seems that Jake once robbed The Boathouse, so Adam hates him. He's sick good-looking. Faye and he used to date and he treated her like crap. She tells Melissa that she needs to move on after Nick and she reminds her that it has been two days.
Cassie tells the others about Jake's inclusion in the Circle and no one is happy about it. She says that they need him to stay safe against all of the stuff that is going to come after them because of their powers. There's a fire in front of the abandoned house and they put it out and a crescent moon was burnt into the ground. Grandma Jane tells Cassie that it's an ancient symbol of conquest. She remembers Jake burning something last night across the way.
Faye catches up with Jake and he says she dressed up for him. He says that she was always too clingy. Then, she asks him if he set the fire outside of the house. He wants to know how she knows about the fire, but she tells him HANDS OFF. Jane tells Dawn that the kids bound their Circle. Dawn acts surprised and vows to help protect the children. She and Charlie decide to try to get Jane's crystal.
Some girl attacks Cassie at her house and Jake hears. He saves her with a spell that she helps incant, revealing their Circular relations. It looks like the girl set the fires that they found earlier. Jane comes home and is really cold to Jake. The day, Adam is really jealous when he sees Cassie and Jake together and Diana is really jealous when she sees Adam being really jealous. Poor Melissa goes to Nick's house and cries in his bed while holding his jacket.
Cassie is adamant that they need Jake's help as part of the Circle. Adam is opposed but Diana isn't. Faye tells Cassie that Jake will RUIN her. Jane gives Cassie her crystal and tells her that she can't tell ANYONE about it. No one. At all. Later, Jake goes to a motel to visit Simone, the girl who attacked Cassie. She hates witches and tries to kill them. That's her thing. He finds the blood she took from Cassie and takes it away.
Nick's wake is sad and has a really effective soundtrack. Ethan gets drunk for the occasion, but I don't mind. Adam tells him to stop, but he's reminded of the fire from years ago. Jake shows up and gets in a fight with Adam after he insults Ethan. As he's leaving with Cassie, he bumps into Charlie, who appears to be going a little crazy with guilt. He accidentally calls him Nick. Awkward. Diana makes coffee for Ethan. He tells her that Adam and Cassie are written in the stars and she needs to give him up. Ouch.
So, um, Simone shows up and apparently he's helping her plot to kill Cassie and the Circle. He says that he won't do it (then), so she attacks him with a knife. Cassie watches the struggle and the subsequent fall on the knife that Simone takes. She thinks she just watched Jake defend himself from Simone's unprovoked attack. She begs him to join the Circle. He agrees to stick around for a while. Diana breaks up with Adam, then goes to tell/blame Cassie. Cassie comforts her, which is nice.
Jake goes to this shack at a dock and answers to this guy with henchmen about what happened with Simone. Jake is apparently a witch killer. Great. No, actually, great. This should be exciting. The boss guy tells him to go after Cassie and he accepts the mission.