Cassel is the rich and powerful Duke of Northern France. He doesn't need anyone or anything… least of all a young king determined to set new rules. He refuses to acknowledge the Great Inquiry, to submit proof of his nobility or even to listen to the King's messengers. He might be charming, but Cassel is also a skilled manipulator. He uses all means necessary to prevent Louis' new order from becoming a reality, including sabotaging the construction of Versailles.
To everyone's surprise, Louis decides to appoint the duke of Cassel as Minister of Justice, a post that has remained vacant after the fatal poisoning of his predecessor. Louis is aware of the danger posed by Cassel, and hopes to control him better by keeping him close-by, even if it means giving him power, and cruelly forcing Sophie to marry him, despite knowing that she is Fabien's spy. This way, he hopes to keep Cassel under constant surveillance. But Cassel does not change. He continues to be a deceitful, sadistic man…with an unabashed appetite for young women. He will make Sophie his victim. But the predator could become the prey…
