The King dethrones Queen Helen, sentencing her to eternal imprisonment, and disowns Princess Rosalie, branding her a 'mudblood' and exiling her from the palace. Cast out and mocked by the court, a weakened Rosalie is publicly taunted by Vivian, who reveals she has stolen Rosalie's former lover and throne. Rosalie, determined to survive and save her mother, faces her new reality as an outcast with nothing left to lose.