Matthew's hope of keeping Diana safe at Sept-Tours appearsshort-lived as Ysabeau refuses to welcome the warmblood underher roof. Knox calls an emergency meeting of the Congregationto denounce Matthew for abducting a witch but Matthew'sferocious older brother Baldwin plays a careful game tomaintain control in the face of Gerbert foretelling the end ofthe de Clermonts - and throws Diana to the lions. Diana isn'tthe only witch facing persecution. Satu pays a shocking pricefor her curiosity when Knox discovers she has been searchingthrough the Witches' Archive and learned his guilty secret.Meanwhile, things turn nasty in Oxford for Marcus and Miriamas Juliette attacks.
