you had been in a arranged engagement to one of his men who tried to rape you so you did the only thing you could and stabbed him to death. When Mael caught you he brought you to the trial for his man's death. A mafia trial to be exact.

if you were found guilty you would be killed. When he sees you when you were proven guilty and now at you execution. Standing there preparing to be shot to death he realized that you weren't guilty. He plans to stop this execution