Lyra, the wife of Alaric, the head of Halcyon Group, attends the Ashcombe family’s homecoming banquet, only to be falsely accused of pushing Delphine, the fake heiress going by the alias Odette. No guests present see through the lie, and Cassian, who is infatuated with Delphine, publicly humiliates Lyra. He forces her to kneel and apologize, even summoning bodyguards to pin her to the floor.