Aleksandra could not help but wonder if LeVane had done this all with a purpose. Installing his own regime and displacing the families here, trying to remove what power they had in this area of the world. Many of them had connections to her family and perhaps he knew that her father might appeal to them for help in the event of a coup. If he had failed, she would likely be here speaking with Maleki's father and perhaps the parents of the people she had just been in a room with. Todori would have been the strongest ally they could seek outside of her father's court, and it seemed that LeVane had ensured that both father and son would be difficult for her use in that capacity.<br/><br/>"So the people think you betrayed the rulers here and abandoned by the master pulling your strings..." Cassia sucked in a breath and tried to process all of it. She knew, deep down, that LeVane was a cruel and determined man, but it sounded like he did similar things here as he had done to her and her family. Though she was certain there were people back home that would support her with their dying breath, she could not ask that of them. She took a seat next to him on the bed and leaned her head onto his shoulder, one of her hands sought out his and, if he allowed it, she would interlace her fingers with his.<br/><br/>"If it is indeed the same man that orchestrated this that holds my father's--" She stopped and corrected herself. "<i>My </i>throne...He is much more clever than I ever would have given him credit for." It was all she could bring herself to say about LeVane right now. It was difficult to think about him and all he had taken from both of them.<br/><br/>"It looks as if he failed here though. Your friends have created a well-maintained and protected home. I am sorry you were not able to be apart of that, but they clearly appreciate what you've done for them. You're lucky to have them...like a family to fall back on." If she was envious, it did not sound strongly in her tone. Aleksandra might have said she was more homesick than anything else, for a place that no longer existed. Her family was gone, she could not bring them back.<br/><br/>"If it is the same man, I promise you we will make him pay for this...for all of it."