Francis has mixed feelings about the arrival of his impoverished childhood court playmate Olivia D'Amencourt, who arouses Queen Catherine's interest and Mary's jealousy, indeed attempting to win the crown prince back, but may ends up shipped-off to a Paris family. Her coach was robbed on the way to the palace, with an accomplice at court. Bash examines with Francis, thus stumbling again on the path of heretics engaged in bloody rites, who threaten even royal sons. Having caught Mary's companion Aylee at kleptomania, Queen Catherine blackmails her into acting as her spy.
—KGF Vissers