Wilma wakes disoriented, asking where she is and if she was developing a new weapon. She stole the Zellers' deployment map to win over Yolham governor Harold Cohen. Harold meets her at the abbey and demands the map, promising, 'I'll give you what you want, and sleep with you.' He admits he never liked her and kept her hanging, calling her a joke. Pushed from admirer to target, Wilma lashes out physically; someone shouts, 'You dare hit me?' The episode ends with the map's fate unresolved and immediate consequences about to explode.
Wilma confronts a man who promised to marry her but gave gifts to Selene Zabel and asked her to steal a deployment map. She refuses his offer to make her his concubine, and he cites a law that unmarried women at twenty go to prison, then orders troops to surround the abbey. The situation escalates when Lord Seth Zeller arrives with the Blackwing Cavalry—the Zellers' deployment map was stolen and the thief ran into Radiant Abbey. As Seth questions the clergy, an onlooker cries "My dear husband!"—leaving Wilma facing imminent arrest.
In a tense confrontation over the missing Zeller family map, witnesses press Mr. Cohen and others for answers while Wilma Kirby spots Lord Seth and recalls a childhood promise, deciding he could be the perfect husband and to handle Harold. Evidence is presented and the accused denies stealing. The blame flips when someone shouts "She stole the map!" and the accused protests, "But you're blaming me!" An elder accuses the accused of intending harm and orders Seth Zeller to take the accused down. The episode ends with Seth summoned to act and the accused's fate unresolved.
When an official admits he found the army deployment map and lied to cover it, Lord Seth seizes the moment: possession equals responsibility, so the man is dragged off and given thirty lashes. Wilma erupts, accusing Selene of setting her up and vowing revenge while demanding the items she says were taken. A tense exchange follows — threats to silence, an insistence that someone once saved Wilma’s life and helped recover the map, and the reveal that Harold will take the fall. The episode closes on a personal, jarring question: "Are you married?"
Seth ambushes someone, demanding to know if they're married; he won't leave and threatens, "One day, I'll have you on your knees begging." At the manor, a lord reveals Wilma stole an important map but framed Harold - he lets the lie stand because it suits them. An urgent courier arrives: the emperor plans to abolish the fiefs and has massed 100,000 troops in Cheville, threatening the lord's family. Commanders order an immediate return to prepare. The episode ends with Seth pressing again: "Do you have someone you like?" - the question hangs unanswered.
A woman ambushes a lord, grabbing him in public and forcing him to answer her. He tells her to step back; she threatens to call others and warns that being seen together could ruin his spotless reputation. Bystanders ogle his build. The woman reveals she turns twenty in seven days and by law will go to prison unless she marries. He refuses. She lists reasons—repaying a life debt, enlivening his life, continuing the bloodline—then shifts tactics and offers a contract marriage: one year, then separate if he still doesn't love her. "Deal?"
In a crowded public place a woman tells the reserved heir she wants to marry him, provoking onlookers who laugh at his obvious embarrassment. He agrees only on a condition: she must prove her sincerity and worth by reclaiming everything she previously gave to Harold and return alive and uninjured. She accepts the task and asks for a token; he refuses. She declares she’s leaving to carry out the demand. He then orders they delay returning home and to stay in Yolham. The episode ends with her mission set and their postponed return, the outcome unresolved.
A crowd drags a woman named Wilma before Lord Seth after Harold Cohen is summoned. Accused and shamed, she faces a mob's order to be beaten to death. As attackers close in, she draws an unfamiliar crossbow and fires ten rapid shots without pause, scattering the assailants. Military observers inspect the weapon, call it a modified repeating crossbow and warn it could dominate the battlefield—shift the balance between Zaidham and Cheville. Commanders demand to know its origin and order surveillance. The episode ends with Wilma alive but now a watched object whose fate and the weapon’s secret remain unresolved.
Armed enforcers give a household fifteen minutes to return stolen goods. The governor of Yolham appears and threatens prison, but Wilma forces compliance—hitting someone, corralling Harold and others while a crossbowman threatens to slit a man's throat. Wilma's team ransacks Harold's room and uncovers large cash tied to the Cohen family. Others point out the Cohens had claimed to be broke, so Wilma declares the surplus as interest and orders the rest seized. The episode ends with a furious threat: "Wilma, I'll kill you!"
Wilma Kirby, a master weaponsmith, wakes in an ancient body as a lovestruck fool with a hard deadline: marry by twenty or face prison. She fixes her gaze on shy, handsome Seth Zeller and must turn longing into action. When 100,000 troops mass against the Zellers, her modern craft becomes the family's salvation. She forges unstoppable weapons, fortifies defenses, and sharpens strategy while romance and danger collide. As sieges break and enemies fall, Wilma balances battlefield ruthlessness with a fragile courtship. Victory brings more than safety. She wins Seth's trust and a place in the family, proving she can command both war and love.