The Empress allows D'Eon and the others to do any means necessary to capture Vorontsov. Pyotr III, fearing that he would be accused of being involved in the attempted assassination of the Empress, plans to put the blame on his wife, Ekaterina. Vorontsov, who was given a Psalm by Lorenza, later challenges D'Eon by letter to a duel, but their battle is abruptly cut short when the building they are in collapses. Maximilien manages to sneak into Elizaveta's meeting with her new parliament, turning the members of the parliament into Gargoyles and successfully killing her.