In order for magic-wielding Meg to keep the outcast Princess Elizabeth and her secret betrothed, the Spanish priest Alejandro de Castillo, safe in the court of Queen Mary, she needs to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Trouble continues for Meg Lytton, a young woman in service at Woodstock Palace to the banished Tudor princess Elizabeth, as evil, impervious to Meg's spells, strives for control of England's fate.