"'Happily ever after' encompassed such a long time, a vista of wonderful moments, a great scope of fantasy; but before that, how many treacherous stories would need to be endured to earn it?
After all, 'ever after' seems to pertain solely to breathless eternity."
~
Lady Minerva's Chambers,
The Physician's Wing of the Imperial Castle,
Kingdom of Tristendyre,
The first Phrinight of the Second month,
XXI Year of Regency
"Does the name 'Ahaziah' strike a chord with you?", asked Jaycob Oreius.
Lady Minerva thought deeply before lifting her head to meet his dark eyes and responded:
"Is that not the name of Regent Jehoram's firstborn son? He had left the Kingdom about a pair of decades ago in pursuit of foreign education. Not much was known of him whilst he was in the land. He was a highly secluded child."
Jaycob stared at her in shock. He was aware that the man was the principle subject of the experiment carried out in the dark Organisation.
