Dracula moves them all to a crumbling chateau in the French countryside. He shuts them inside and locks all the doors and windows. Magdalena succumbs to her melancholy again, and Alexi fights with Dracula constantly. The residents of the nearby village grow suspicious of them, especially when young women start to go missing. Dracula does all the hunting, having forbidden the others from leaving the castle, and Constanta wonders if his pursuit of innocent village girls is a specific punishment for her. Constanta is tormented by the fact that she is as happy to see Dracula leave as she is to see him return. She starts to formulate a plan. 

Constanta spies on a conversation wherein Dracula discovers that Alexi has been stealing silver from him. Alexi confesses that he is worried that Dracula will turn him out; he wants something of value to bring with him if necessary. Dracula assures Alexi that he will never let him go. They start to have sex, and Constanta hurries away. Another day, Constanta finds Alexi crying. She comforts him as he wonders if Dracula is deliberately cruel. Alexi kisses Constanta, and they have sex for the first time.