Prince Demos confronts Helios, a fallen Sun God, while disciplining his fiancée Lorde. Lorde publicly rejects Demos's authority and his claim of their betrothal. In defiance, she cuts off her sister Chloris from her charity. Demos retaliates by vowing never to announce their engagement. After he leaves, Lorde finds Helios and reveals she left the banquet specifically to ask him, not Demos, to dance with her all night, directly challenging the expected social order.