Filles du feu

The judge of Lancre is ready to do anything to discover the place of the Akelarre, while Jeannette, finally accepting his gift, organizes the preparations in secret. Freed from the assaults of D'Urtubie, Catherine resolves to declare her feelings to Madeleine. But the worst is brewing when de Lancre entrusts Cariel with a new mission bringing him closer to the butcher than the doctor.   

After condemning the women captured at Akelarre to the stake, de Lancre sends the guard to settle in the houses of the village to watch over each inhabitant. Cariel begins his scientific experiments on the female prisoners. Despite the risk, Jeannette attempts to free the imprisoned women, and brews a deadly potion for the judge. At the castle, Catherine and D'Urtubie have a final duel.

Jeannette wakes up on Cariel's operating table. She uses tricks to save time and manages to get out of the laboratory thanks to the soldiers mutiny led by Zephyr. They are joined by the men of the village who have returned urgently to the Basque Country, with Catherine at their head. Battle breaks out at the castle. De Lancre, threatened, is reluctant to flee and makes one last victim...