Duke Of Darkness: May You Be Mine
EPISODE 4
The court stilled at the Grand Chancellor’s venom-laced words, tension pressing against the gilded walls.
For a heartbeat, the silence seemed unbreakable—until the scrape of a chair echoed across the hall.
Marquess Cassius Dravon
"Well said Grand Chancellor" *he clapped his hands with smile yet not friendly as he narrowed his eyes at the crown prince*
Marquess Cassius Dravon rose to his feet, his dark cloak flowing like a shadow cut against the golden banners of the empire. Known for his razor tongue and iron loyalty, his voice carried above the murmurs like the toll of a war bell.
Aurelian Drakonis
*he closed his eyes and lifted his finger as signal*
Marquess Cassius Dravon
He smirked, eyes flashing as he swept his gaze across the assembly, “we already have our heir. We already have our light. The crown prince is not a mere placeholder for an absent sovereign. He is the future sun of this empire. Do you dare imply otherwise in the emperor’s sacred court?”
The words struck the chamber like a blade. Some ministers lowered their eyes in uneasy silence, others shifted uncomfortably.
The Grand Chancellor’s smile did not falter, though a shadow flickered across his expression—too swift for most to see, but not for the prince.
From his distant seat, the crown prince’s lips curved faintly, almost imperceptibly. Cassius had spoken not just for loyalty, but for defiance.
Advisor Elion Cindralith
"You're majesty seems pleased" *he glanced at Marquess Cassius Dravon*
Aurelian Drakonis
"Am I?" *he narrowed his eyes at Grand Chancellor*
In that moment, the prince knew his faction had revealed itself: fewer in number, perhaps, but burning with a fire no storm could extinguish.
Grand Chancellor Draven Nocturne
The old man’s cane tapped once, echoing sharp as a warning. “Loyalty is admirable, Marquess Dravon,” the Grand Chancellor murmured, “but blind loyalty… dangerous.”
Marquess Cassius Dravon
Cassius’s hand rested briefly on the hilt of his ceremonial sword, his smile dark as midnight. “Better blind loyalty,” he replied, “than blind ambition.”
The courtroom trembled with the unspoken war between shadow and flame, darkness and light.
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