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He expected to see relief on his nephew’s face at the news. Perhaps a smile, a thank you. Maybe even a joke at either of their expense. He had known Tristodd since he was in swaddling cloth, so every one of those reactions felt like they were just waiting to burst from his nephew’s lips...

Andronikas had waited to see how his nephew reacted. He’d been primed for a challenge; loud threats, curses. Any charitability in his soul had finally withered with his sister’s threats to the lives of his former love and her own bastard grandchild. Thankfully, Tristodd had the good sense to...

Lord Tannaras wasn’t used to anyone in his family challenging him, but the dispute he had with his newly estranged sister had prepared him for pushback. There was no longer any place in this universe where he could be Andronikas, and so he would wrap himself in these silks and play the part he...

He heard muffled shouts and orders coming from his nephew. The boy had been eerily silent on their flight home after he'd provided his explanation. Perhaps he'd been to... clinical with the boy. He was young enough that he didn't quite understand the political realities that came with being a...

It was impossible. That was what he told himself as he and Tristodd slipped into the speeder. They’d done what they could to cover their tracks. The high speed chase had been the only thing that could’ve caught anyone’s attention, and that had been brief. How could anyone draw the connection...

The Lord Tannaras waited with baited breath for The Lady Brentioch’s answer. His psyche was a whirlwind of emotions, a storm of suppressed pain, hatred and bitterness, finally released after decades of suppression. It almost felt liberating– to speak the truth for the first time in over thirty...

Andy didn’t expect his sister to back down immediately, but even he couldn’t believe it when she started doubling down on per position. “You question my honor? After suggesting we murder two innocents and an unborn babe?!!” He questioned, raising his voice again. When she brought up historical...

"I think you're getting a bit off topic." Andronikas said icily, staring his sister down in a silent warning for her to keep her opinions about their brother to herself. Andronikas had absorbed some things from his father-- namely, his domineering presence. Livia observed quietly as her father...

Andronikas nodded along as his sister lamented Tristodd's prolonged absences from home. He understood the feeling well; he and Claud had been nearly inseparable in their youth, but his ambassadorial post had taken him away for years at a time. It had made his own position as Dominus all the more...

The aristocrat didn't think he could hear anything funnier out of his nephew's mouth that night, but the mention of him crushing on Sibyll-- or even worse, Sibyll crushing on him-- nearly had him toppling over the railings. Claud felt as if his ribs were crushing his lungs with the force of his...

The old man, who felt much younger than he was, couldn't help but smile when Tristodd complimented him. "Th-thank you, boy." He said, genuinely happy to hear his nephew's words. Of all in his family, Andy had been the only one who'd treated him with compassion in his youth, and now that he was...

The memory of the day when Sibyll had put the motion to join the ISC before the assembly was still a vivid one in his mind-- even though he hadn't been there. He was waiting to be let into the office of a planetary trade controller far out on the rim when the news came in. Claud had been...

"St-st--stupid?!" Claud exclaimed, both amused and shocked by Tristodd's lack of respect. "I th-thought you of all p-p-people would app-preciate the art-t-TISTic vaAalue of--" he sputtered, pausing to catch his breathe. "I... suppose I sympathize, b-but it's not like any of those st-statues are...

"Oh, g-give yourself some credit. I always kn-knew you would do great things," he declared with a smile. "P-perhaps not g-grand enough to warrant some t-ten meter tall naked marble statue, but enough that you'll leave s-some people's lives better off than if you hadn't." He declared, chuckling a...

The aristocrat would give his nephew an incredulous look as he spoke in the employee's defense. He wanted to speak up in protest, but he bit his tongue, and said nothing as he tipped the man. This was an issue that wasn't worth arguing over, and it would be absurd to blame the employee for the...

With the exchange done, Claudias would glance down at the tickets, brow furrowing. "These are in s-separate cars!" He declared, utterly shocked. "H-how could we be expected to t-t-travel in different cars? We're one p-p-party!" He exclaimed, to which Saura laughed again. "Cars? Yer lucky ya've...

At Tristodd's compliments, Saura turned her head away. "Don't thank me fer murderin'." The lady spat. The woman knew there were circumstances where taking lives might be necessary-- she'd been ready to do just that-- but she felt sick all the same. Those two she'd shot were young-- teenagers...

As Claud's eyes opened slowly, he would glance around, groaning as he sat up in the back. Shining blues adjusted to the dark, and his eyes darted from Anna's, to Tristodd's, and to the raven hair of... "...Saura?" He called from the back, leaning over the seat. She turned her head, face stained...

Saura looked at the young lord as he seemed to freeze up for a moment, ready to belt out another command, but he quickly moved into action. Saura followed up with him, hooking an arm under the cripples shoulder and hoisting him up. "Shite, ya never told me 'e was this 'eavy!" She snapped, before...

As the door would open, Anna would smile, though there was a bit of nervousness in her expression. "Thank you so much for coming, Mr. Brentioch!" She said, before giving him a confused look. "...is your uncle not..." She muttered, before glancing to the side and spotting the older man. "Ah," she...