1648 - the Fletchers take over the Castle, flying their family crest, to the chagrin of Lucinda. Fletcher Senior returns safe from Massachusetts to see his grandson. Lucinda meets her husband and Tom in France. They plot to save the King.

Hungary, XVII century. After being widowed, the old countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, of the Báthory lineage, fortunately discovers a way to become young again; but the price to be paid by those around her will be high and bloody.