Plot summary
Queen Mary's going to Prince Louis is a ruse; she has Lady Greer's prostitutes poison Louis's soldiers, and stabs Louis in the stomach. King Francis rides out with his soldiers to capture Louis and clear the rest of Louis's scattered army, ending the coup. Catherine wants Louis to be executed but Francis refuses, not wanting to make Louis a Protestant martyr. Frustrated, Catherine has Lola kidnapped and her son seemingly murdered, so to frame Louis. Louis is to be executed but escapes thanks to Elizabeth's agents. Narcisse uncovers Catherine's plot and saves Lola and her son; Francis is angered at his mother's actions and has Catherine exiled from court.
Renaude is executed for treason. Kenna tries to reconcile with Bash, but is rejected when Bash learns that she's pregnant with Renaude's child. Kenna leaves court to have her child outside France, and on her journey meets the young King of Imereti. Queen Mary and King Francis renew their relationship and make love. Afterward, the King meets Nostradamus, whom he has been seeing in secret; Francis is still dying and Nostradamus has been giving him medicine to stave off the symptoms. Delphine is blamed for the presence of a "monster" in the castle, and is arrested after being found with the bloodied corpse of the servant she had sex with.
Bash learns that his and Delphine's souls are bound together due to the ritual Delphine performed. Delphine is tied to a burning stake for her execution as a witch, but she escapes. Catherine blames Mary for her situation and travels to England, where she offers Queen Elizabeth ( Rachel Skarsten ) her help in destroying Queen Mary for good.
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