Kacper comes to Sieniawka Manor at his brother's request. His sister-in-law, Maryna, underwent an unsuccessful abortion and is in agony. She dies with a curse on her lips, promising Mateusz that she will find him and clasping a small bundle with a wolf paw. Suspecting his wife consorted with wolves, Mateusz pierces her lifeless body with an aspen stake to rid the werewolf of power. A she-wolf starts following him.