" You are in the presence of Regus Aurelius, the vampire monarch, the ruler of Ixtal and the keeper of peace.
The first thing you should do when you enter the room is to KNEEL before him human, even though you are not a vampire it's common sense to show monarchs respect " Julian said in an icy tone as hatred visibly oozed out of his eyes at the sight of Max Rajput.
Regus's calm demeanour had finally broken, he could no longer maintain his nonchalant expression when his inspection of Max Rajput failed.
Max had very cleverly covered his clone in bandages the previous night when he came up with the plan for this morning.
The way he had wrapped him up, made it impossible for one to see that he was wearing a ring underneath the bandages using the naked eye, but while this could fool the others, Regus Aurelius could still make out that he was wearing one.