Ardent eyed Harp who came smirking at him. He didn’t paid much attention to Harp though. He was more focus on his son who’s pulling on his arm, looking up at him with pleading eyes. He knows Warren doesn’t want this at all but in the end he needs to come up with the decision. To let his son go to someone he doesn’t know or do everything to prove that whatever faith did, it was never wrong from the start. He needs to see it.
"Alright... The real task is just starting." Ardent stands, dragging Warren by his hand in the middle of the ballroom. He steps into a small stage that appeared out of nowhere. Liam quickly followed behind them itching to pull Warren to his side instead but he knows he can’t even touch him. Not yet.
"Now-now Liam, calm down. I won’t do anything to harm my son… You'll
