The Great Hall of the Lord's Castle was being cleaned up.
After the Lord of Auravale "ran" away leaving his people and beautiful wife behind, the Great Hall was going to host its first big gathering.
Leo sat at the Caelum's position at the massive Oak wood table.
He sat with his elbows on the polished stone, fingers steeped, watching the people assembled before him with the cold, calculating gaze.
He looked like the hunter deciding which prey to eat first.
To his right sat Seraphine. She wore a high-collared dress of midnight blue that concealed the bruises on her neck Leo had given her with love.
She was in the meeting in her power as the acting Regent.
But everyone in the room knew who was actually running the show here.
To his left was Belladonna, dressed in a black tight fitting leather outfit, clinging desperately to her body. Her head casually rested on his hand as she was already bored in that room.
