Sitting in Judgment
The Mother Confessor sits in her chair, passing judgment on all those who break the Rule of Law.
She tries to be fair, to be reasonable—she is as reasonable as it's possible to be. No one could fault her logic in taking Prince Fyren for a mate, or in not allowing the thief's hand to be regrown.
No one except her old friend Zedd. He refuses to listen to reason. He even tries to induce the others to help him plot against her!
The treasonous old fool is soon joined by his companions, the Seeker, the Mord'Sith, and a woman who looks exactly like the Mother Confessor would look if she were still wearing her traveling dress, her hair was an unruly mess, and she'd taken leave of her senses.
Which is what all three of them have done if they expect her to give mercy to a traitor. That is against the Law.
It doesn't take the Mother Confessor long to realize the truth: they're all criminals. And she will see them suffer as the Law demands for their treason against her if it's the last thing she does!
She isn't torn at all.