Serpent & Dove

The witches converge. The actress playing Fate reaches Lou, but the Archbishop slays her with his Balisarda. Another approaches and is killed by Reid, who reunites with Lou. The Archbishop tells the couple to go into the Tower. Reid, Ansel, and Jean Luc barricade the doors to the church while Ansel wonders aloud if the play is true. Jean Luc suggests that it might have only been a diversion.

As Jean Luc fights the invaders downstairs, Reid barricades Lou in their bedroom. He demands Lou tell him the truth so he can protect her. She’s about to do so when Ansel screams out a warning and a witch breaks through the window. The witch magically flings Ansel across the room and then smashes Reid into the ceiling. She calls Lou a witch killer and a betrayer of her kindred. She suggests that if Lou accepts her birthright, Morgane might forgive her and spare her soul.

Reid regains consciousness and the witch turns to give him a death blow, but Lou pushes him away with her magic. The witch still manages to reach him and puts a blade to his throat, telling Lou to submit or she’ll kill Reid. Lou complies, and the witch stabs her with a syringe.