He traded away Maeve’s hard-earned Olympic training grant, believing guilt could be bought off. Then, at her lowest point, when her father nearly kills her and she begs Silas for help, he abandons her. But Maeve refuses to break: she returns to the ice, wins, starts over in Switzerland, and rises into a brilliant future. By the time Silas seeks forgiveness, she has long since outgrown the life he tried to ruin.