diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/ClosedShapeProjectionLoader.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/ClosedShapeProjectionLoader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f00894bdda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/ClosedShapeProjectionLoader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#nullable enable
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Data.Common;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Marten.Schema;
+using Marten.Storage;
+using Npgsql;
+
+namespace Marten.Internal.ClosedShape;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Shared projection-safe load implementation for closed-shape document
+/// storages (#4667 Phase 2). Opens a fresh connection from the
+/// <see cref="IMartenDatabase"/>, executes the load SQL, and deserializes
+/// the data column directly via <see cref="ISerializer"/> — without any
+/// <see cref="IMartenSession"/> reference, without writing to
+/// <c>VersionTracker</c> / <c>ItemMap</c> / <c>ChangeTrackers</c>, and
+/// without calling <c>MarkAsDocumentLoaded</c>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// The projection-safe selector path intentionally skips metadata binders
+/// (CreatedAt / LastModified / Headers / etc.). Projections care about the
+/// aggregate state encoded in the data column for their Apply/Evolve hot
+/// path; per-row metadata is not part of that contract. If a future
+/// projection scenario needs metadata it can be added here as a focused
+/// follow-up.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// Hierarchical storages dispatch deserialization through the
+/// <see cref="DocumentMapping.TypeFor"/> alias-to-.NET-type lookup,
+/// mirroring <see cref="HierarchicalClosedShapeQueryOnlySelector{T,TId}"/>.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+internal static class ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>
+    where TDoc : notnull
+    where TId : notnull
+{
+    // Column layout matches the writeable closed-shape selectors
+    // (Lightweight / IdentityMap / DirtyChecked) since LoadProjectedAsync is
+    // only reached from those storages — see
+    // <see cref="ClosedShapeLightweightSelector{T,TId}"/>. QueryOnly storage
+    // has a different layout (id excluded, data at col 0) but doesn't
+    // implement LoadProjectedAsync; it throws NotSupportedException instead.
+    private const int IdColumn = 0;
+    private const int DataColumn = 1;
+    private const int FirstMetadataColumn = 2;
+
+    public static async Task<TDoc?> LoadAsync(
+        NpgsqlCommand command,
+        DocumentStorageDescriptor<TDoc, TId> descriptor,
+        ISerializer serializer,
+        IMartenDatabase database,
+        CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        await using var conn = database.CreateConnection();
+        await conn.OpenAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            command.Connection = conn;
+            await using var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (!await reader.ReadAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                return default;
+            }
+
+            return await readOneAsync(reader, descriptor, serializer, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            await conn.CloseAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static async Task<IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyAsync(
+        NpgsqlCommand command,
+        DocumentStorageDescriptor<TDoc, TId> descriptor,
+        ISerializer serializer,
+        IMartenDatabase database,
+        CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        await using var conn = database.CreateConnection();
+        await conn.OpenAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            command.Connection = conn;
+            await using var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var list = new List<TDoc>();
+            while (await reader.ReadAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                var doc = await readOneAsync(reader, descriptor, serializer, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (doc is not null)
+                {
+                    list.Add(doc);
+                }
+            }
+            return list;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            await conn.CloseAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async ValueTask<TDoc> readOneAsync(
+        DbDataReader reader,
+        DocumentStorageDescriptor<TDoc, TId> descriptor,
+        ISerializer serializer,
+        CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        // Hierarchical: dispatch via mt_doc_type alias just like
+        // HierarchicalClosedShapeQueryOnlySelector. Flat: straight deserialize.
+        if (descriptor.HierarchyMapping is { } hierarchy)
+        {
+            var docTypeOrdinal = FirstMetadataColumn + descriptor.DocTypeReadIndex;
+            var alias = await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<string>(docTypeOrdinal, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return (TDoc)await serializer.FromJsonAsync(hierarchy.TypeFor(alias), reader, DataColumn, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
+        return await serializer.FromJsonAsync<TDoc>(reader, DataColumn, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/DirtyCheckedClosedShapeStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/DirtyCheckedClosedShapeStorage.cs
index 02935e5773..6fcd6655ad 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/DirtyCheckedClosedShapeStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/DirtyCheckedClosedShapeStorage.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #nullable enable
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Marten.Internal;
 using Marten.Internal.Operations;
 using Marten.Internal.Storage;
@@ -37,4 +40,13 @@ public override object RawIdentityValue(TId id)
 
     public override Npgsql.NpgsqlParameter BuildManyIdParameter(TId[] ids)
         => ClosedShapeIdHelpers.BuildManyIdParameter(ids, _descriptor.Identification);
+
+    // #4667 Phase 2 — session-free projection load; see Lightweight peer.
+    public override Task<TDoc?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>.LoadAsync(
+            BuildLoadCommand(id, tenantId), _descriptor, _mapping.StoreOptions.Serializer(), database, token);
+
+    public override Task<IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>.LoadManyAsync(
+            BuildLoadManyCommand(ids, tenantId), _descriptor, _mapping.StoreOptions.Serializer(), database, token);
 }
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/IdentityMapClosedShapeStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/IdentityMapClosedShapeStorage.cs
index 15273fc01a..e3c95a7f6f 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/IdentityMapClosedShapeStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/IdentityMapClosedShapeStorage.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #nullable enable
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Marten.Internal;
 using Marten.Internal.Operations;
 using Marten.Internal.Storage;
@@ -37,4 +40,13 @@ public override object RawIdentityValue(TId id)
 
     public override Npgsql.NpgsqlParameter BuildManyIdParameter(TId[] ids)
         => ClosedShapeIdHelpers.BuildManyIdParameter(ids, _descriptor.Identification);
+
+    // #4667 Phase 2 — session-free projection load; see Lightweight peer.
+    public override Task<TDoc?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>.LoadAsync(
+            BuildLoadCommand(id, tenantId), _descriptor, _mapping.StoreOptions.Serializer(), database, token);
+
+    public override Task<IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>.LoadManyAsync(
+            BuildLoadManyCommand(ids, tenantId), _descriptor, _mapping.StoreOptions.Serializer(), database, token);
 }
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/LightweightClosedShapeStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/LightweightClosedShapeStorage.cs
index 61ee51dff0..fa24893fd5 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/LightweightClosedShapeStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/LightweightClosedShapeStorage.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #nullable enable
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Marten.Internal;
 using Marten.Internal.Operations;
 using Marten.Internal.Storage;
@@ -52,4 +55,16 @@ public override object RawIdentityValue(TId id)
 
     public override Npgsql.NpgsqlParameter BuildManyIdParameter(TId[] ids)
         => ClosedShapeIdHelpers.BuildManyIdParameter(ids, _descriptor.Identification);
+
+    // #4667 Phase 2 — session-free projection load. Opens a fresh connection
+    // from the supplied database and deserializes the data column directly,
+    // bypassing the session-aware BuildSelector path that writes versions /
+    // ItemMap / ChangeTrackers per row. Shared with IdentityMap / DirtyChecked.
+    public override Task<TDoc?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>.LoadAsync(
+            BuildLoadCommand(id, tenantId), _descriptor, _mapping.StoreOptions.Serializer(), database, token);
+
+    public override Task<IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => ClosedShapeProjectionLoader<TDoc, TId>.LoadManyAsync(
+            BuildLoadManyCommand(ids, tenantId), _descriptor, _mapping.StoreOptions.Serializer(), database, token);
 }
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/QueryOnlyClosedShapeStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/QueryOnlyClosedShapeStorage.cs
index aad3f7c992..531eac5bc0 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/QueryOnlyClosedShapeStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/ClosedShape/QueryOnlyClosedShapeStorage.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ public override IStorageOperation InsertProjected(TDoc document, string tenant)
     public override IStorageOperation UpdateProjected(TDoc document, string tenant)
         => throw new NotSupportedException("QueryOnly storage doesn't support UpdateProjected.");
 
+    // #4667 Phase 2 — QueryOnly storages aren't used by the projection read
+    // path; ProjectionStorage holds a writeable storage instance for the
+    // projected document type, not a QueryOnly one.
+    public override System.Threading.Tasks.Task<TDoc?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, System.Threading.CancellationToken token)
+        => throw new NotSupportedException("QueryOnly storage doesn't support LoadProjectedAsync.");
+
+    public override System.Threading.Tasks.Task<System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, System.Threading.CancellationToken token)
+        => throw new NotSupportedException("QueryOnly storage doesn't support LoadManyProjectedAsync.");
+
     public override ISelector BuildSelector(IMartenSession session)
         // #4659 Phase 2: pick the Flat / Hierarchical selector ONCE per
         // query — neither selector class branches on HierarchyMapping per
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.ProjectionStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.ProjectionStorage.cs
index 01dd575132..2b3cc94462 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.ProjectionStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.ProjectionStorage.cs
@@ -161,7 +161,17 @@ public void Delete(TId identity, string tenantId)
 
     public async Task<IReadOnlyDictionary<TId, TDoc>> LoadManyAsync(TId[] identities, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var docs = await _storage.LoadManyAsync(identities, _session, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        // #4667 Phase 2 — default (UseIdentityMapForAggregates = false) routes
+        // through LoadManyProjectedAsync, which opens a fresh connection and
+        // uses a tracker-free deserialization path so the async daemon's
+        // parallel slice workers never touch _session.Versions /
+        // _session.ItemMap / _session.ChangeTrackers. The opt-in (true) case
+        // preserves the inline-projection identity-map semantics by falling
+        // through to the session-aware LoadManyAsync — at the cost of the
+        // race the flag's design note already documents.
+        var docs = _session.Options.EventGraph.UseIdentityMapForAggregates
+            ? await _storage.LoadManyAsync(identities, _session, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)
+            : await _storage.LoadManyProjectedAsync(identities, _session.Database, TenantId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         return docs.ToDictionary(doc => _storage.Identity(doc));
     }
 
@@ -240,6 +250,9 @@ private Func<TId, ArchiveStreamOperation> archiveOperationBuilderFor<TId>()
     //TODO fix in IProjectionStorage
     public Task<TDoc?> LoadAsync(TId id, CancellationToken cancellation)
     {
-        return _storage.LoadAsync(id, _session, cancellation);
+        // #4667 Phase 2 — see LoadManyAsync above for rationale.
+        return _session.Options.EventGraph.UseIdentityMapForAggregates
+            ? _storage.LoadAsync(id, _session, cancellation)
+            : _storage.LoadProjectedAsync(id, _session.Database, TenantId, cancellation);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/DocumentStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/DocumentStorage.cs
index 7a6f824525..cb7a272191 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/DocumentStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/DocumentStorage.cs
@@ -356,6 +356,22 @@ public ISqlFragment FilterDocuments(ISqlFragment query, IMartenSession session)
 
     public abstract Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> LoadManyAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenSession session, CancellationToken token);
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Default impl throws — closed-shape storages (the projection-eligible
+    /// path) override with a fresh-connection read that bypasses session-shared
+    /// trackers. Non-closed-shape storages aren't reachable via the projection
+    /// write path and don't need this overload.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public virtual Task<T?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => throw new NotSupportedException(
+            $"{GetType().Name} doesn't implement LoadProjectedAsync. Closed-shape storage variants provide this for the async-daemon projection-safe read path (#4667 Phase 2).");
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public virtual Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => throw new NotSupportedException(
+            $"{GetType().Name} doesn't implement LoadManyProjectedAsync. Closed-shape storage variants provide this for the async-daemon projection-safe read path (#4667 Phase 2).");
+
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public abstract TId Identity(T document);
 
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/IDocumentStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/IDocumentStorage.cs
index d3f233b5fc..5c78bb2083 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/IDocumentStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/IDocumentStorage.cs
@@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ public interface IDocumentStorage<T, TId>: IDocumentStorage<T>, IIdentitySetter<
 
     Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> LoadManyAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenSession session, CancellationToken token);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session-free Load for projection storage (#4667 Phase 2). Opens a fresh
+    /// connection from the database, executes the load SQL, and returns the
+    /// deserialized document. Does not touch any session-shared state — no
+    /// version/revision tracker writes, no ItemMap updates, no
+    /// <c>MarkAsDocumentLoaded</c>, no <c>ChangeTrackers</c> writes. Safe to call
+    /// from parallel async-daemon slice handlers that share an
+    /// <see cref="IMartenSession"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task<T?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session-free LoadMany for projection storage (#4667 Phase 2). See
+    /// <see cref="LoadProjectedAsync"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token);
+
 
     TId AssignIdentity(T document, string tenantId, IMartenDatabase database);
     ISqlFragment ByIdFilter(TId id);
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/SubClassDocumentStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/SubClassDocumentStorage.cs
index 5bae400c1b..85bf5cf50e 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/SubClassDocumentStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/Storage/SubClassDocumentStorage.cs
@@ -221,6 +221,19 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> LoadManyAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenSession sess
         return (await _parent.LoadManyAsync(ids, session, token).ConfigureAwait(false)).OfType<T>().ToList();
     }
 
+    // #4667 Phase 2 — delegate projection loads to the parent hierarchy storage
+    // and downcast to the subclass like the session-aware path above.
+    public async Task<T?> LoadProjectedAsync(TId id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        var doc = await _parent.LoadProjectedAsync(id, database, tenantId, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        return doc is T x ? x : default;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TId[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        return (await _parent.LoadManyProjectedAsync(ids, database, tenantId, token).ConfigureAwait(false)).OfType<T>().ToList();
+    }
+
     public TId AssignIdentity(T document, string tenantId, IMartenDatabase database)
     {
         return _parent.AssignIdentity(document, tenantId, database);
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/ValueTypeIdentifiedDocumentStorage.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/ValueTypeIdentifiedDocumentStorage.cs
index f63e660941..351e7af352 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/ValueTypeIdentifiedDocumentStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/ValueTypeIdentifiedDocumentStorage.cs
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ public IDeletion DeleteForId(TSimple id, string tenantId)
     public Task<IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyAsync(TSimple[] ids, IMartenSession session, CancellationToken token)
         => Inner.LoadManyAsync(ids.Select(_converter).ToArray(), session, token);
 
+    // #4667 Phase 2 — delegate to inner with the unwrapped id like the session-aware path.
+    public Task<TDoc?> LoadProjectedAsync(TSimple id, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => Inner.LoadProjectedAsync(_converter(id), database, tenantId, token);
+
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<TDoc>> LoadManyProjectedAsync(TSimple[] ids, IMartenDatabase database, string tenantId, CancellationToken token)
+        => Inner.LoadManyProjectedAsync(ids.Select(_converter).ToArray(), database, tenantId, token);
+
     public TSimple AssignIdentity(TDoc document, string tenantId, IMartenDatabase database)
         => _unwrapper(Inner.AssignIdentity(document, tenantId, database));