Father Gabriel and Dr. Claudia must deal with a student that wept blood, just like some statues of the Holy Virgin. And meanwhile it starts to exist between them a feeling that seems far from friendly and innocent.

Overwhelmed by the way Gabriel has saved Agata, Claudia decides to investigate her past. Demetrio instead decides not to believe what his grandson says.

Stephen, a boy of sixteen, after a trauma begins to have memories that seem to belong to a Nazi soldier and that they are slowly replacing his.

Rachel, a young girl disappeared ten years earlier, in a small town, mysteriously reappears, with the same age. Since Rachel is back, strange cases appens one after another, many unexplained deaths, Gabriel, who asked Claudia to get away from him, investigates the case.

Gabriel deals with incendiary phenomena, which seem related to the case of a woman with a dark past. He wants to know more about the nature of his "gift" and intends to return to the villa where he spent his childhood, where his mother also died. It will help father Isaia, as Claudia is involved romantically.

The pictures taken by Pietro reach the Directory and compromise the appointment of Gabriel enough to be able to oust him from the new investigations of the Congregation.

With the help of Alonzo, Gabriel continues to investigate the secret society, of which Serventi is the head, and goes back to 'Candelaio', theatrical work of the heretic Giordano Bruno.