Victoria has a friend in the palenque, Miguel, the illegitimate son of Sara, a runaway slave, and Parreño. Together they visit the town of Santa Marta, but they are followed back to the palenque by soldiers who believe Victoria, a white girl, has been kidnapped. Parreño then hears about the supposedly kidnapped girl, guesses she is the missing Victoria, and orders his foreman to kill her. In a raid on the palenque, many of the maroons, including Lorenza, are killed, and the survivors are captured and returned to slavery. Tomás, his daughters, and Miguel all now become the slaves of Parreño.
