The fight for the Meara Crown continues. The Gwynnedd army, divided into two parts, confronts the rebels who are preparing a trap for Duncan MacLane, whose death the former primate of Gwynnedd Loris furiously desires. At this time, Prince Nigel, left as regent in Remut, uncovers a conspiracy and learns to use the power left by Kelson to his heir. The king's mother, Jehanna, who returned from the monastery to the court, painfully tries to resolve the contradictions between her gift and the upbringing received in childhood.