Helen Stone is caught stealing a military plan and accused of sending it to Northsand. She insists she only modified the blueprint to prevent soldiers' deaths, warning the east-side mountain at the Pass would collapse under fire and suggesting sentries on the west vantage with decoy troops in the pass. Interrogators reject her rationale and escalate to threats of torture to force a confession. In a sharp turn, Helen abandons logic and uses seduction, repeating "I love you, My Lord," which distracts and enrages her captors. The interrogation derails, leaving her confession unextracted and her fate uncertain.