Serpent & Dove

Lou’s act knocks her out for three days. When she wakes, Reid is sleeping beside her, having previously been holding her hand. He explains that she collapsed and that Ansel ran to Brie Perrot (Coco) for help. He doesn’t understand why the execution so overwhelmed Lou since Estelle was only a witch. He insists witches aren’t people and get what they deserve for being evil. She asks him what she would deserve if she were a witch, and he says she’d be treated the same.

After Reid leaves her, Lou wonders if she has made a mistake not doing what her mother wanted. If the sacrifice had succeeded, all the king’s descendants would have died as well, ending the witches’ persecution. Lou has told herself that she resisted the sacrifice in part because of the loss of innocent life, but she recognizes that witches are now dying because of her actions and wonders if she was simply too cowardly to face her own death.

A short while later, a visiting Coco reassures Lou that she did what she had to do to protect herself. She urges Lou to move forward, and Ansel agrees. Lou realizes Ansel now knows she’s a witch but remains her friend—a fact that moves her to tears.