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We are interested in a book in the possession of Edward Kelley.

I've sent the ambassadors to Bohemia to retrieve Kelley.

The emperor rebuffed them.

Perhaps he will be more receptive to me.

You can be very persuasive.

My father has commanded me to return to Sept-Tours.

-Matthew! -Stay back!

This is what we call blood rage.

It is an affliction, sickness of the vampire blood.

The body was... torn apart.

I haven't seen anything like that in centuries

and we do all know the rumors

about the De Clermonts' infected bloodline.

You're reborn and forever a member of our family.

I'm Matthew, give my body to you, Diana, in faithful matrimony.

And I receive it.

My dearest Isabeau,

I am able to find words to straddle the centuries that separated.

Our son mated to a woman who walks in the footsteps of the goddess.

They journey now to Bohemia in search of the Book of Life.

Halt.

Wie geht dahin?

I'm Matthew Roydon,

I'm here on business for Queen Elizabeth of England.

His Imperial Majesty Rudolf II tires of Elizabeth's ambassadors...

I am no mere ambassador,

and I will have the Emperor's answer from his own lips. Not yours.

Find Gallowglass and my man Pierre, would you?

Wait here.

This is just the Emperor's hunting lodge?

Yes. Kelley chose his benefactor very well.

The might of the Holy Roman Empire

dwarves that of England in every respect.

He certainly has an eye for beauty.

Hmm.

His Imperial Majesty grants you a brief audience.

Even when I retreat into the mountains,

I cannot escape a pestering by England's diplomatic hordes.

Matthew Roydon, Your Majesty.

I know exactly who you are, Matthaus de Clermont.

Since you introduce yourself as Roydon,

I then assume you are here in your capacity as Elizabeth's spy?

I come representing my Queen, but not as a spy.

I would speak with her subject, Edward Kelley.

Then you are in the wrong place. Herr Kelley resides in Prague.

I have heard that he travels with your court.

Do you question me?

I know what you are, vampire.

Remember, you are only permitted on Bohemian soil by my grace.

I apologize, Your Majesty... Matthew is only pressing my case.

I had hoped I would be given an opportunity for discourse

with one of England's most esteemed alchemists.

You have an interest in alchemy?

It has been my life's work.

Might an Emperor ask your name?

Diana, Your Majesty.

La diosa del casa!

The goddess... of the hunt.

May I introduce my wife, Your Majesty?

My spies would have informed me had Elizabeth's Shadow taken a wife...

particularly one so intriguing.

Perhaps you should consider hiring more thorough spies,

Your Majesty.

Enjoy your time in Bohemia, Mistress Roydon.

Use it to teach your husband manners befitting my court.

I don't like the way he looks at you.

Like a jewel he wanted to add to his collection.

Oh, I can handle a little clumsy flirting

if it gets us closer to the Book.

Gallowglass!

Oh!

You've mated?

Well... I should call you Auntie now?

-Where is Pierre? -At the lodgings.

We have an unexpected guest.

This way.

-Mistress Roydon! -Jack!

We was on an enormous ship and there was a storm

and lots of people were sick, but I wasn't.

Come now, Jack,

bedtime.

I know. But once you left...

nightmares every time he slept, weeping through the day.

And you brought him to Bohemia?

He tried to come on his own.

I couldn't take my eye off him. It wasn't safe.

It's not safe here!

I'm sorry.

But what would you have me do? Keep him prisoner?

Rudolf might be telling the truth.

No one I have spoken to has seen Kelley.

I doubt that the Emperor would leave behind

the man who's offered him eternal life.

-He'll be here somewhere. -What about the Book?

As long as we reach Kelley... he'll lead us to it.

Or he'll bring it to us.

Rudolf thinks the Book is key to creating the Philosopher's Stone,

he's won't let Kelley take it.

Ah, you're right there.

You see, once the Emperor sets his heart on something,

he'll stop at nothing to get it. And once he has it...

For the goddess.

A goddess...

I assume that's not you, Matthew.

It's an automaton.

The goddess of the hunt.

What is the matter?

What's the matter? I take it you saw how hostile the Emperor was.

I saw how hostile he was towards you.

He lit up when I mentioned alchemy.

You saw the gift he sent me.

He's practically inviting me back to the castle.

I can bring him Dee's book,

convince him it's something that he wants...

No. Kelley is the key.

And the less we arouse the attention of the Emperor,

the more likely we'll be able to get Kelley back to England safely.

We don't even know if he's here.

At least, let me try while you look for him.

I'll take Gallowglass with me.

Diana Roydon. I have a gift for His Imperial Majesty.

So does everyone, Frau Roydon.

So does everyone.

Madame will be all right.

Mm.

Kelley must have a laboratory here,

somewhere he can continue his work undisturbed.

Let's take a look at the apothecary, Pierre.

I'm surprised Matthew let you approach the Emperor alone.

Well, my husband's changed a lot in the 400 years since you knew him.

But now you're mated.

And it's different.

Blood rage is harder to control, it's primal.

Physical.

If provoked...

he will struggle to contain himself.

Oh... we're gonna be here till midnight at this rate.

-Wait here. -What are you doing?

Accelerating proceedings.

Madame De Clermont?

Apologies.

Such a recent blood vow is positively deafening.

I am Benjamin Fuchs.

I work as a collector for the Emperor.

Are you a friend of the de Clermonts?

I fear I am beneath their interest.

I was cast out of my own clan.

I have always found myself more comfortable around

other kinds of creature.

Even for the Emperor's alchemist?

You are not the Imperial alchemist.

Ah, so, you have met him?

It seems strange to be closed during the middle of the day, Herr Steiner.

But then, perhaps, you're expecting more customers

after the sun has fallen?

I open only by appointment, sir.

My exclusive list of clients command the utmost discretion.

If you wish to browse, might I suggest you visit the market?

The audience with His Imperial Majesty is over for today.

Come out. Keep moving.

Keep moving.

Auntie. Auntie?

What did you do?

I may have intimated to the Chamberlain

that we have a very desirable painting for sale.

La Diosa!

You are a woman of many surprises.

I hear that you are the owner of a curious work by Hieronymous Bosch?

You did?

Your Majesty, I... In my haste to be admitted to your presence, I...

I fear there has been some miscommunication.

-A miscommunication? -Yes.

I so desperately wanted to thank you for the wonderful gift you sent me.

The work of Joachim Fries, if I'm not mistaken.

It is indeed! You have quite an eye, mistress.

I do not have the painting that you wanted.

However, I do have another gift.

I've seen this before. It offers no answers, no meaning.

So...

You lie about something I want, in order to present me with something I do not.

Even books that do not provide the answers we seek

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