Tanya felt a slight relief that the one she loved was not Heliam otherwise, he would have been hurt beyond repair. She raised her chin, meeting Heliam's gaze, and suddenly knelt, her forehead touching the ground. "Vivienne implores Your Majesty to grant me some time to investigate this matter." Heliam's eyes darkened, his thoughts drifting over Tanya's defiant expression, which bore a hint of Francois's demeanorcold and detached. "I permit it," he replied, gesturing dismissively, while ...