Book 9 begins with Robert Roth, Baron of Klobuck travels with Aleksja VI Andruszkowicz and her troop to his new estate in Western Poland. The shrine of the Black Madonna is on their way to Czestochowa. They make a pilgrimage stop with his caravan of servants to reduce their soul's time in purgatory. During this time Robert and Aleksja begin their love affair and swear eternal love to each other. Meanwhile, . in Krakow, the King gives the promised rewards to the 'Volunteers' from Scotland, England, France, Navarre, Italy, and Hungary. Only Renaldo Ryan Cabral decides to remain in Poland. Rolf Shiewe, who was not a volunteer asks to remain and is granted a position the King's Guard. The rest of the volunteers are escorted home by members of the Andruszkowicz family. The king will eventually pass on and his eldest son, Wladyslaw III, will take the crown at the age of 10. He is young, ambitious, and eager to prove his valor on the battlefield. He tours the country with a full regiment of Royal Guards when he arrives in Lwow he is greatly pleased with the improvements made over the past 18 years. He will make an eternal friendship with Pawel VII Andruszkowicz that will alter his life forever. He will be succeeded by Kazimierz IV, who will bestow more honors on the 'family'. The century will pass in relative peace as the last members of the Jagiellonian Dynasty rule and the Andruszkiewicz family will rise in two nations and into the next century.