7. Left Behind

Complete story — includes the ending

While King Henry and his troops are away, the castle is taken hostage by Count Vincent ( Michael Aronov ) of Italy, who seeks vengeance for the death of his son Roberto. Queen Mary and Queen Catherine form a plan together to get everyone out of the castle. While Queen Catherine, Queen Mary and Mary's ladies are feasting with the Italians, Prince Francis sneaks everyone else out through the castle's secret passageways that have been marked for safety by Clarissa. Lady Olivia is left behind to open the passage door for Queen Mary but leaves her post; she gets lost in the tunnels and is not seen again. Queen Mary and her ladies are unable to escape, but Queen Catherine successfully poisons the Count's men, who die before they can rape the four ladies. Count Vincent dies when Queen Mary stabs him, with his hand sliced off by Prince Francis. Queen Mary and Prince Francis reconcile, and they have sex. Bash learns that Lady Diane was working with Count Vincent, as part of her plan to remove King Henry's other sons, and have Bash legitimized and become King Henry's heir to the French throne in his elder half-brother's stead, much to his chagrin.