Episode: 10
In the rainy woods at night, the scarred assailant holds a gun against Caterina. Thunder claps as a cloaked rider approaches on horseback. The attacker yells, but the rider presses a pistol to his forehead. The man recognizes Duke Augustus. Caterina removes her blindfold and sees Augustus instead of Felton. Augustus asks which hand touched Caterina and counts down. The kidnapper draws his gun, screams, and fires.
Rain pours on the dark forest road. The scarred assailant presses a gun against Caterina's throat and chest. He torments her with threats and prepares to assault her while she remains trapped and helpless on the ground.
Thunder rumbles and lightning flashes as a cloaked rider gallops onto the path. The assailant shouts at the stranger to stay away. The rider draws a pistol, pushes it against the attacker's forehead, and is recognized as the Duke.
Caterina reaches up and pulls the fabric blindfold from her eyes. She expects to see Felton standing over her attacker. Instead, she looks up and gasps when she discovers Duke Augustus standing in the rain holding the gun.
Augustus demands to know which hand touched Caterina and counts down from three. The frantic assailant yells that Caterina belongs to him. He pulls out his gun and fires a shot as blood splatters onto the wet road.
“The Duke's son would be sad if that pretty face got ruined.”
“Which hand did you touch her with?”
“She's mine!”
“Augustus!”
The assailant fires his pistol in panic, and blood instantly splatters across the mud on the road. Caterina screams Augustus's name in terror as the gunshot echoes through the storm. Did the bullet hit Duke Augustus, or did he manage to kill the attacker before getting hurt himself?