"Why? You can… you can recover with this!” Harriet looked at Liam, eyes confused. She looked upset that Liam didn't tell her about the choice. "You could have healed long ago… and you didn't even say anything to me…” Liam gave Harriet a helpless look. “Madam, I… Will you listen to my reasoning, why I refuse to use the Philosopher's Stone?” Harriet's heart felt a little betrayed. Whatever Liam's reasons were, if there was an object of this value placed right in front of him that could give him whatever he wanted including his recovery, Liam should still use it. Liam looked at Zaha and Heath, indirectly asking them to get out of there and giving him time to talk to Harriet. The two men understood and walked away. They left the stone on the table with the ducal couple in the room. "Madam,