"You have four months," he said. "Go do as you please. Visit family. Continue your studies. Travel. Of course, you will be expected to uphold your Vows even if you are not here. I will know if you break them, and there will be punishment." He fixed her with a level stare. "You've never disobeyed or disappointed me, and I would hate to have my faith in you disrupted. You know the penalty."