A week had passed since the conquest of Ali's castle. Alexei had passed the worst of it and was believed to survive. Ivan sat beside his father a smile wide on his face.
"We finally have rid ourselves of this annoyance Father." Ivan laughed finishing his words. He looked at Alexei's face and saw even he had a prideful smile on full display.
"Yes, not without cost but it was expected." He pushed himself up going eye level with Ivan, wincing in pain a little. "That being said, you sure both the Prince and Princess are dead." He asked the question making Ivan's smile go smaller.
"Yes." It was a tone unbecoming of him, lacking the useless playfulness, "Harun died in battle and the Princess drunk poison. I checked the next night." Alexei nodded.
"Good. I have news from the south. The Kingdom has won. Nasr is dead and with those two, the Safrid Dynasty is over." It was a surreal thing for him to say. He never thought he would say the words yet here he was.
