The Scent of Lavender

As the two siblings happily raced across the fertile Illios Fields of the Luminous Empire, a very different situation was happening in the capital of the Eclipse Empire, as an air of impending carnage hovered over the entire city, forcing every man, woman and child to tread with trepidation as they timidly glanced towards the Imperial Palace, before quickly looking away again for fear of manifesting their dreadful thoughts into reality!

And no where was this air of oppression more prevalent than in Alexander's own office, from which he has reigned over his empire with brutal efficiency, ever since he's locked himself there after his extermination of the conspirators who dared target his family a week ago.