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Natalia, an old midwife, asks her granddaughter Ade to help her during the difficult birth of a child. While the baby is dying, the pregnant woman, Agnese, is scared and sends them away, accusing them of witchcraft. Returning home Natalia tells Ade that she may possess some ancient powers; she hides a mysterious book in the house and teaches her a spell to retrieve it. She then tells her that she should seek the Lost Cities in case she will not be back. Natalia flees but she is soon captured by a group of witch-hunters called Benandanti.

A young man called Pietro is studying in Rome with a medicine professor, who explains to his students that witchcraft does not exist and only scientific knowledge can lead to the truth. When he returns home to treat his mother's illness, he discovers that his father Sante, the leader of the Benandanti, believes that the same witch who allegedly killed Agnese's baby is the source of the disease. Pietro's attempts to prove that the baby died of natural causes are dismissed by the local priest, padre Tosco, who insists that it has been the work of a witch.

The women living in the Lost Cities prepare Natalia's body for the funeral and Ade is shocked to see it transforming into the body of her own mother, Antalia, who she believed was already dead. Tebe, the leader of the witches, explains to Ade that she, Antalia and Janara studied together and were taught how to use the powerful Book of the Kingdoms. Another student, Marzio Oreggi, who also wanted to be taught the secret knowledge, was sent away but he returned to read the book and confront their teacher, Diotima, ending up killing her. As a consequence, Antalia was chosen to look after the book, which she hid at her house.

Meanwhile, padre Tosco tells Sante that His Eminence is looking for a book owned by Natalia. Cesaria, Pietro's adoptive sister, and Spirto, an orphan working for the household, discover the Book of Kingdoms in Ade's house but they can't separate it from the roots of the floorboards. When Janara is sent to retrieve the book, she discovers that Sante's men are surrounding the house.

Ade keeps meeting Pietro by the fountain, until he asks her to marry him, naively believing that it may stop his family from persecuting her. She is shocked by the proposal and asks him for a day to think over, but in the meantime she is constantly haunted by voices of women calling for help, which eventually make her collapse.

When Janara and Tebe find out about Ade's gift, they explain her that these are voices of other witches in danger, and the three of them rush out in the night to save the closest one. However, unfortunately they arrive too late, as she kills herself to escape the Benandanti. Tebe tries in vain to convince Ade to keep listening to the voices in her head and help them to find other witches in danger.

Frustrated to be left behind, Leptis bonds with Valente over their lack of magical abilities, and teaches him how to use a bow. In the meantime, after having received the Book of Kingdoms from Cesaria, Sante brings it to a church where a cardinal manages to magically open it. Tebe and Janara perceive that the book has been opened and deduce that it is in the hand of Marzio Oreggi.

During the funeral of Amelia, padre Tosco denounces those who chose science over religion, angering Pietro, who was curing his mother with his medicines. Ade visits him, but he is confused about what happened and he tells her that his place is with his father right now.

Sante continues his crusades against witchcraft by taking many innocent women prisoners and having his men interrogate them to discover where the witches live. Pietro complains at first that these actions won't bring back his wife, but ends up drowning his sorrow in a bar in the evening. After being saved from a fight by Cesaria, he kisses her but she quickly stops him for now.

In the dwelling, the witches manage to convince Ade to use again her powers and this time they rescue several women that Ade has been hearing. After a ritual to rebirth the Lost Cities, the new women are initiated as witches for the upcoming battle. Leptis complains to Tebe that she wants to save also the other non-magical women which have been arrested, but Tebe insists that they have to concentrate first on the witches or they will not stand a chance.

While Sante announces death punishments for anyone helping the witches, Cesaria confronts a confused Pietro about their kiss the night before. Spirto tells Pietro that he is going to become a Benandante but he is not sure if he really wants it, and that he has not seen Persepolis in a while. Similarly, Pietro confides him that he is not sure who Ade really is. After Pietro leaves, Persepolis, who has been listening the whole time, appears to Spirto: he suggests her to marry him but she refuses and leaves.

Persepolis tells the other witches what she heard in Serra: cardinal Oreggi is the one who has the book and he will bless the weapons of the Benandanti in the inn later this evening. This causes disagreements between Tebe and Leptis on the next course of action, but Tebe insists that getting the book back should be their priority.

After realising that her brother is missing, Ade worries that he has gone after Sante, so she leaves to find him; Janara, Tebe and Leptis rush after them. In the inn, after Marzio imbues the weapons with his magical power, Valente shoots an arrow, but Marzio manages to grab it before it reaches Sante's head.

Persepolis visits Serra again, finding out about the execution. Ade and Tebe meet Pietro at the fountain and agree on plan to free Valente and Leptis: Pietro would ask Spirto to provide a key of the cell, while they would exploit a local festival to head to the dungeons. However, the witches are ambushed by the Benandanti, who learnt about their plan after having tortured Spirto. They are captured and forced to wear some clothes Marzio has previously cursed to block their powers.

The prisoners are brought to the stakes but Ade is separated and taken to Marzio. As Sante is about to give the execution order, an eclipse appears and Valente is shown to possess magical powers, levitating in the crowd and freeing the witches. After Sante manages to grab the boy, he is soon stopped by Ade, who stabs him in the heart in front of a shocked Pietro before running away with the witches.