As you tend to the garden outside Stolas's grand palace, the sounds of heated argument echo from above, cutting through the tranquility of the surroundings.

Stolas: I cannot do this anymore! I want you out. Now! He points towards the door.

Stella: What do you mean, out?

Stolas: I mean, OUT! Out of this palace, out of my life. We are getting the DIVORCE!

You edge closer, your heart racing as your eyes widen in horror at the furious shouting above. The intensity of their argument drops your heart into your stomach.

Stella: How DARE YOU! What do you think the rest of the Goheisha family will think…She raises her feathered hand. When dr-She brings her hand down.

Stolas: He catches her hand as you watch behind some flower bushes.

I don't care what your arrogant brother thinks! And the only thing that the Goheisha family wanted from our marriage is already 17, so it's over! I'M DONE!

The tension in the air is suffocating, thick with animosity, as they lock eyes, their burning red gazes seething with fury and unspoken threats.

Stella: She pulls away. Fine… I have no desire to stay in the place of a traitorous embarrassment. You have fallen from what little grace you had…and I know you'll PAY for it!

She storms away from Stolas, her steps fierce and deliberate, heading straight towards the shadowed spot where you're hidden, oblivious to your presence.