Catherine watched in horror as a desire for vengence against Hiram Wilcox, his father's life-long enemy, drove Leigh Barnett to madness. Voodoo drums vibrated through the bayous, the Wilcox plantation burned, and Leigh Barnett built Ravenwood, the showplace of Louisianca. Wilcox told Barnett a fearful secret and died for his trouble. And Catherine, brutalized by Leigh and cast from the house when she was carrying their child, was given a death-like potion and buried alive to fulfill The Curse of Ravenwood.
