Domingos), takes his wife Benvinda (Claudia Ohana) and son Jesuíno to Colonel Gennaro's (Reginaldo Faria) farmhouse. In return for providing his family shelter, Herculano offers Gennaro protection from his enemies. Before leaving, Herculano promises to seek Jesuíno when he becomes an adult to succeed him as chieftain. Outraged, Benvinda swears to never allow her son to join the bandits and live amid the violence, pain, and suffering. As Augusto leads the expedition to cut Brogodó, Nicolau discovers that Herculano wants to steal the entourage. He suggests to Ursula that it would be the perfect occasion to get rid of Cristina and Aurora. When the treasure is located, Herculano attacks Seráfian entourage, and Nicolau uses the chaos to steal the cart with the treasure, kidnap the queen and the princess, and accuse the bandits of the crime. On the trail, a wagon wheel breaks and Cristina sees an opportunity to flee, who runs into the farmers Eusébio (Enrique Diaz) and Virtuosa (Cecilia Ana Costa) and begs them to stay with her daughter. Nicolau recaptures Cristina but realizes that Aurora is not with her. The two fight in the cart that is carrying the treasure, which falls off a cliff. Nicolau survives while Cristina dies. When the fight between Augusto and the bandits ends, Herculano returns alone to his hiding place and discovers the wreckage of the cart at the bottom of a cliff. He finds Cristina, who, near death, makes her last request: that Herculano tells Augusto the truth about Aurora. After the battle, King Augustus looks for his wife and daughter but cannot find them, while Zenóbio discovers the treasure's disappearance. Nicolau reappears and makes up a story of bandits running away with Cristina, Aurora, and the treasure in a cart to Augusto, while he tells Ursula that he got rid of them. Convinced that the two are dead, Augusto travels back to his kingdom. After many searches, Augusto accepts his daughter's death. Aurora is named Açucena by Eusébio and Virtuosa, and works on Gennaro's farm. She is the goddaughter to Angelica (Beth Berardo), who helps raise her. Angelica is Timóteo's (Bruno Gagliasso) mother, and dies in childbirth without knowing her daughter Antonia (Luiza Valdetaro). Açucena grows up happy, educated in the school of the village, and lives surrounded by friends, including Jesuíno. The two have many similarities and are inseparable companions. Jesuíno also protects her from Timóteo, Gennaro's son.