A Discovery of Witches

The ghost of Diana’s father joins her in the oubliette as she listens to the rest of her mother’s story. Rebecca describes how the shadowed prince finds little Diana but can’t get down the hole to help her. Little Diana finds a silver ribbon tied around herself, tosses it to the top of the hole, and flies up after it. Matthew’s voice brings Diana back to the present. He opens the covering of the oubliette and tells Diana she needs to fly out. Diana isn’t sure she can trust Matthew after what Satu said. Rebecca reassures Diana, saying Matthew is the one they’ve been waiting for. Diana flies into Matthew’s arms. The three rush to the helicopter and return to the château. Diana goes into shock and Matthew gives her a drop of his blood to sedate her. Baldwin is grudgingly impressed with Diana’s injuries.

Matthew, Ysabeau, and Marthe tend to Diana’s wounds. Matthew confesses to killing Eleanor St. Leger in Jerusalem, to killing Gillian, and to slipping into Diana’s Oxford rooms and using his blood to drug her. He shows Diana her back, which is “flayed and burned” and marked with symbols (400). Diana describes most of what happened to her in La Pierre.