Elizabeth, changed by her experiences, is determined to notfall into the same traps she did when last she was at Chelsea,but the return of Thomas into her life is a new test for her.While the court has been rocked by Mary's defiance, the LordSomerset is still more concerned with raising funds for the warin Scotland. As rebellions spring up across the country, asecret meeting with the French Ambassador, without theknowledge of the council or the king, sees even his closestfriend, the Lord Dudley, begin to doubt Somerset's strategy.As the Lord Somerset starts to lose the trust of even thoseclose to him and with the king's growing hatred of him, Thomassees a chance to end the rule of the brother he believes hasalways kept him down. And Elizabeth is key to his plan.
