Grief

Waking up in the morning Alexei realised that, despite everything that was going on, he actually felt pretty good.

Not only was the threat of the Demon Lord technically dealt with, he’d also met with the Administrar and had basically engineered a situation where the man would no longer be able to send people after him.

All things said and done, that was two of his major problems dealt with already, even if he did still plan to get his revenge on the Administrar in one way or another.

The man couldn’t be allowed to continue in his post, not after he had sacrificed so many Initiates to the Shade Front for no good reason.

When everything had concluded and everyone was safe, Alexei intended to go to the Royal Household and speak to the Emperor, perhaps he would listen to reason, if Alexei could get an audience with the man of course.

Alexei pulled himself out of bed, wrapped a towel around his waist, and walked off to the shower room.

He shivered as the cold water streamed onto his