4. The Lamb and the Slaughter

A grand christening is held for King Francis and Lady Lola's illegitimate son. Because King Francis wanted to publicly claim his son, he is named John Phillip Valois- Angouleme. Previous to the ceremony, Queen Mary tells King Francis that she's pregnant. Estelle (Camille Stopps), the young village girl who helped Lady Lola give birth, goes to Lady Lola for help because she wants to be freed of her new marriage to Lord Narcisse. Believing the Lord to be abusive, Lady Lola and Queen Mary sneak Estelle out of the castle, but Estelle later jumps off a cliff to her death.

Lord Narcisse tells Lady Lola that the stories of abuse were untrue and that he was overprotective of Estelle because she was suicidal. Bash and Prince Louis investigate stories of three cloaked riders who are branding people in order to claim their souls. A shepherd (Steven McCarthy) who was marked by the riders goes crazy and kills his family. Prince Louis is skeptical, but Bash believes that restless and raging spirits of the departed are staying behind to exact either justice or vengeance, which secretly worries King Francis. After bleeding severely at John's christening, Queen Mary tragically loses her newborn child. Leith returns to court, which triggers Greer into seeking Castleroy out to tell him that he's a better match for her than Leith will ever be; Lady Greer and Lord Castleroy then end up having sex.