Perseus explains his cruel plan to a confidant. He reveals he only married Cassandra to use her as bait, drawing out assassins to keep his true love, Leah, safe. Meanwhile, Cassandra confronts Perseus, hurt by his emotional betrayal and the discovery of Leah's portrait. In a flashback, she remembers saving him as a child, a debt he now repays with manipulation. Perseus coldly dismisses her, stating Cassandra means nothing to him, leaving her devastated and their marriage a hollow facade.