Lucia and her family move to the village of Rotten among the mountains. The mountain air is supposed to help her daughter with her asthma, but the family faces a tough start to life in the village.

Alma, Lucia and a local shopkeeper go hiking to the place where the body of the woman from the visions is believed to be.

It becomes evident that Marianne was murdered, and Prochazka begins an investigation. Alma, who has been behaving strangely since the discovery of the body, is interrogated.

The village looks for Alman on the Muttstein, with the weather complicating things. Lucia believes that her daughter is still alive, even with her chances of survival reducing as time passes.

The search for Alma continues, but hope fades as the situation worsens; Lucia learns new information about Marianne's death.

Maria blames Lucia for Bruno's death and lures her into an ambush. The two women get into a violent confrontation on the Muttstein.