To attract Zorro's attention, Diego and Lolita are held hostage in a robbery at the loan office. Lolita gets injured and Diego questions whether he is up to the task of wearing the mask.

Zorro is instilling fear in an open war against the governor. Lolita is torn by her emotions for Diego while Monasterio unveils something about Zorro that is going to change everything.

Monasterio suspects that Zorro is not what the governor claims him to be. Diego and Nah-Lin feel forced to leave behind their differences and strike a truce to free the captured indigenous people. Diego uncovers a crucial clue to find his father’s murderers.

Nah-Lin discovers that Lolita is Diego’s weakness, so she threatens to kill her on her weeding day if he doesn’t give up being Zorro.