Lord Thorne interrupts a woman disciplining her servant, but their confrontation escalates. He mocks her for chasing him for five years and now partnering with someone else for a trial, assuming it's to make him jealous. She denies this, declaring her focus is now on another man, Jovan. Insulted by her defiance and dismissal of his protection, Thorne threatens her with lethal force, only to be stopped by a reminder of her royal status.