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Rowena is contacted by the Winchesters for help but she ignores their pleas and goes about killing people who had heinous pasts as well as , while also killing the Reapers assigned to them. This gets the WinchesterWinchesters's attention as well as Billie who 's; she sends Jessica to aid themin getting Rowena to stop. Rowena calls the brothers for a meeting, they question her motives as Rowena revealed where she reveals that she was doing all this trying to get Death's attention so she would resurrect Crowley for her, as . She states that she went onto state believes it was her fault as to how that he turned outthe way he did. The brothers state it tell her that Crowley's return won't be possible and threaten her with by sharing the revelation that Sam is always will be the one to permanently kill her. She is mildly surprised to hear this, though then runs away with her associate Bernard after leaving an astral projection behind. Sam chases her and tries to get through to her but she refuses to be deterred and dares him to kill her to stop, ; he reluctantly shoots though but she stops it the bullet and knocks him out for his actions.

Rowena takes Sam to her hideout where she tortures him before Billie shows up. Rowena recognizes her, as Billie brings up their last meeting when she was merely a reaper. Billie tells her to stop but Rowena threatens to kill Sam but . She then levels a powerful attack at Billie , who is completely unfazed as Rowena attacks her but she isn't affected. Rowena breaks down as , saying all she wanted was her son back as , but Billie tells her that there is a natural order to things and though it may hurt they all have to accept it. She continues to cry as Dean and Jessica enter, she watches as then Billie and Jessica disappear.

Afterwards, Rowena sits with the brothers and is comforted by Sam before she is told Lucifer is back and they may need her help in stopping him, which . She agrees tohelp, pointing out that she now knows Lucifer won't be the one to ultimately kill her. Both brothers express hope that Rowena can be redeemed and that they can help her change her fate.

Rowena performs the ritual to open the rift to Apocalypse World using only a small portion of [[grace]] donated by [[Gabriel]]. However, the rift quickly fizzles out due to the lack inadequacy of adequate the supplied grace. As the Winchesters and Castiel debate what to do, Rowena and Gabriel debate why the ritual didn't work, flirt , and end up having sex before they are interrupted when Sam comes up with a plan.

Rowena teams up with Gabriel to capture Lucifer and use him as a continuous power source for the ritual. Together, the two are able to bind Lucifer and knock him unconscious, shocking Lucifer as he had believed both to be dead at his hands. With Lucifer's grace, Rowena is able to open the rift properly and she stays behind to guard Lucifer in case something goes wrong. Rowena She does her best to ignore Lucifer's antics, but when Lucifer taunts Rowena about her death, she snaps and yells at Lucifer, revealing that his son is in Apocalypse World. Lucifer breaks free of his bonds and strangles Rowena up against a wall, stating that she has revitalized his purpose with her revelation about Jack. As Lucifer tries to kill her again, Rowena magically repels him in a moment of desperation, but inadvertently blasts Lucifer through the rift.

With Lucifer gone, Rowena begins packing her things to flee even though she knows she is the Winchesters ' only hope of keeping the rift open for their return. Ultimately, Rowena's conscience gets the better of her and she begins searching the ''Black Grimoire '' for a solution to keeping the rift open without Lucifer there to power it anymore.