Three days passed from the time of Anthony and Christopher's Confrontation. For the most part Christopher slept through a majority of the time. He would wake up to eat, take care of any self care and then go back to his bed. Each passing day he was beginning to look worse and worse. He was having to maintain a constant flow of magic to keep the poison from spreading further, and he was beginning to lose. He could use magic to make a barrier for a very long time, use spell after spell most couldn't shit, even open the gates of the different Hells. But this poison that would kill lesser beings in less then a minute was something else entirely. Beth had done everything she could to heal his physical wounds, and she did give him medicines that would generally help slow down most modern day poisons, but it seem to be having next to no effect on the one in Christopher's system. So What was she to do? She felt as if she was being driven half mad waiting and being unable to do

"But the only proxy stone anywhere near here belongs to Lady Cassandra.""Yes the messenger also said he's secured permission for you to use the stone.""You won't mind if I double check with Lady Cassandra will you? I personally don't feel like angering my host.""By all means please do Ma'am." Only a few days ago Andrea would have thoughtlessly just asked to be directed to the proxy stone and would contact the Emperor right away, but now? Not only was she used, but she witnessed a betrayal in the making from the very highest pinnacle of the Empire. One of the men closest to the Emperor himself! At this point she was questioning the motives of every Imperial soldier she came across. As it was she was beginning to question whether she should trust the soldiers who stayed loyal to her. 'No. Even I know I have to trust some people.' Oddly enough the people she trusted the most currently were the ones who were on the side of her enemies. How's that for some Irony.

In the shadows of a dimly lit room two figures were conversing with each other as equals. Concealing their actions, connections, and plans even from their closest of friends and allies."MMM!""Guess I shouldn't be surprised. That woman has always loathed my family.""Is this something we should be worried about?""I don't believe it will be an issue. Even if she does ally herself to The Black Guard it's still a single city and largely uninhabited territory.""Hmm even if it's known to be uninhabited that's still a gap of the unknown. Each unexplored acre is another possibility of things impeding our plan.""I do have some contacts in that area. I've already sent a messenger to them.""MM!""Good.. If you think everything is still within our margin of error then we shall proceed as planned."One silhouette faded away in the blink of an eye."HAHA. This is going to be perfect! I wonder how Aldous will react to this

Silence. Everyone was well aware eventually the Army of Albrael would begin moving north towards Helenfel, but everybody was hopeful nobody would be willing to join with Albrael after their corruption and history of deceit was revealed."Guess it's not to surprising. What's more corrupt than religion. So long as it's not led by a god, there simply is no way to stop corruption from spreading. Chances are the pair will be looking to betray the other, but odds are they will likely wait until the war is over. If one has the advantage over the other I would be willing to bet Betrayal would be coming. If they end up even chances are they will uphold whatever their agreement is for the time being biding their time to strike at the other." Cassandra mumbled  thinking the situation over.The corrupt siding with corrupt until their foe is vanquished, then turning on each other. Same story since the beginning of time."So this is the part that's going to

Christopher and Alayna stood before the crowd of friends who gathered in front of Cassandra's manor to wish the pair farewell. Christopher sighed a small glimmer of sadness creeping over him. 'This will be the first time in years I will be away from Elise for more than a few days. Though he would miss Elise, he at least had been allowed to spend time with her constantly over the past few years. Where as Brianna, and Cassandra he had not seen in years, Alesia had already taken off someplace with Marielle, and now the moment he is back, once again he is being pulled away. A part of him was happy vengeance was not far off, but at the same time he loved them.. No matter how small the amount of time was away from them, it was painful. He missed them every time. "Make sure you come back soon. We are going to need you." Taelin called out.  'By the gods how the situation flipped on it's head. Never thought I would hope for his return. Not that I hold any grudg