Synopsis

The chasm between them had grown too wide to ignore, a gulf demanding to be bridged. A reckoning was at hand, a careful unraveling of Condé’s treachery and its devastating reach. Catherine, with a quiet strength, imparted a lesson to Narcisse, a sharp and necessary reminder of the consequences of self-absorption. Meanwhile, Bash, in a gesture of unexpected diplomacy, brought Delphine to the castle walls, a fragile peace offered amidst the storm.