Part Two begins in the spring of 1441. Accusations of witchcraft force Alice and Harald to flee to France with their small son Steven. Harald joins the service of the English Commander in Chief, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, as a personal secretary. Steven watches his father at work and is fascinated by the world of espionage and intrigue.

In 1436 a dispute arose between the people of Sherborne and their abbot. Before it was settled, the abbey was burnt down and a bishop murdered. Some saw the hand of evil at work and blamed a newcomer to the town, accusing her of being a witch. Others saw her as a saint. Wolf Wood is set in the turbulent years of the late middle ages and is based on actual events.