Eternal Dominion Book 25: Transitions by Bern Dean

Author:Bern Dean [Dean, Bern]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Morning July 31 to Evening August 2, 2269 & ED Year 10 Days 45-52.

The return journey for Alex and company was once more uneventful as they returned to Colorado and adjusted from being in perfect weather, to the heat that required the air conditioning to feel comfortable. Even so, Alex was happy to be back as he looked at the mansion they called home as despite it not being his home for long, it was the first place that he had ever owned. Even if it turned out to only be his home for a little over three years, it was still the home which he welcomed his first children with each of his wives into the world. It was with that thought that he took the afternoon after returning to just enjoy being home, before logging back into ED after enjoying dinner. Though August marked his return to 18-hour days as he focused in on his push to tier-8.

When Xeal logged in on day 45, he made his way to his office in FAE’s headquarters and looked through all of the reports that he had ignored while on his honeymoon. Though none of them showed anything of note, as the ones who had caused the interruption of his anniversary with Dyllis were still unidentified. Xeal was starting to worry about what their aim was even more, as he also saw that the investigation into the Rais House had come up with only some minor issues. Nothing that was outside the expectations of a marquess and certainly nothing to continue their detainment. Xeal just sighed as he decided that he had to ignore all of that and pushed to get through the rest of the reports before his scheduled meeting with King Victor.

So it was that in the early evening, Xeal was sitting across from King Victor in the same study that they had met so many times before in. Though Xeal could tell that King Victor was tired as he looked at Xeal and that caused Xeal to feel something was off. Though before he could question what was wrong, King Victor gave him the answer.

“Xeal, you are a far more difficult problem for me to solve now that the war has ended and as many others would say, your usefulness has diminished greatly. The power play you made with the council in Hardt Burgh has united too many houses against you for me to just ignore things and still govern effectively.”

“Alright, so what are they demanding that I suffer?”

“Not you, but I. They fear that you are too powerful and have too much influence over me. Thus, I am being pushed to take a bride from the Calliwell, Rais, Musgrave and Mercer houses. The only other option I have is to force your house to undergo the same style of investigating that the Rais house did and your guild would be included in that.”

“You’re very aware of how that would turn out, aren’t you?”

“Yes, Muthia would rejoice as you uprooted your entire family and relocated there while relinquishing your titles here.

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