The Familiar

Luzia doesn’t want a life of servitude, and the only path she sees before her is to win. She strikes a deal with Fortún to work together and decides they will build a great cross on the lake. Luzia makes the boards with her multiplying refrane, but then Fortún reworks the boards into a galleon. Luzia realizes his magic can only make illusions, not real things, and he must have created the shadows at the puppet show.

Furious, Luzia directs her attention to the large gold cross Fortún wears, embedded with jewels, and makes them multiply too. They turn into scarabs that run away. She flees to the shore and finds confusion; Santángel tells her Pérez used the trial as cover to flee from the king’s secretary.

Santángel rides with Luzia through the forest, trying to think of ways he can get her to Hualit so she can escape. Soldiers fire arrows, bringing Santángel down, and he tells her to run. Valentina and Marius also flee, but when Valentina begs Marius to give Luzia his horse, he refuses. She hears Luzia scream.