Hunter shook his head and sighed, leaning forward and resting his arms on his knees with a faint clang of armor. He was uneasy and had only taken his armor off when it was time for him to sleep, this was not one of those times.<br/><br/>"I would stay my love, but this invasion is big trouble from what I can tell of the report, if we cannot stop it then we shall have roving bandit teams up and down the land, raping and pillaging our citizens at will and we shall be hard pressed to stop them, if I do not go and rally the men and push back to keep these marauders out of our kingdom then we shall be forced to take drastic measures"<br/><br/>He knew there was more to this and he sensed that there were forces beyond his reckoning behind these recent attacks, but he had to focus on his lands right now and keeping his people safe, he may have been a harsh ruler when time called for it, but the protection of his people was paramount.<br/><br/>"I shall set off soon, first I need to go and speak to the Captain to let him know of the situation"<br/><br/>He leaned in and kissed his wife on the lips gently for what was probably the first time ever; their love had always been explosive and in some cases destructive. He then pulled back and looked her in the eye before standing and leaving the room, walking through the hallowed corridors to the Captains office. He knocked and then stepped in to find Lila deep in conversation, he coughed<br/><br/>"Lila, please leave, I need to talk to the Captain in private, whatever you are discussing can wait until morning"<br/><br/>He waited until Lila had left, closing the door behind her<br/><br/>"So Captain......"<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Andrew had heard the woman at the door, his acute sense of hearing picking up her heartbeat the minute she had stopped outside of his room, he didn't care what she heard, by the time she got around to telling anyone, it would already be too late, the King would be gone and the Kingdom would be all his. He turned to his beloved as she suggested that they move into their new home immediately, shaking his head<br/><br/>"I have a better idea, how about we stay the night and play all coy and kind and loyal, thanking them for their hospitality and their gift like appreciative folk. King Hunter will have to leave right away in order to stop the invasion, only to get there to find that there is no invasion at the location specified on the document I let fall into their hands, it will be happening somewhere else that only I know about and by the time he finds out, our forces will already be marching into these pathetic little lands and we shall have taken this castle and the realm for our own"<br/><br/>He smiled and stood, stepping casually around the room with his hands behind his back<br/><br/>"It has been several centuries in the planning my dear and soon we shall be on top once more, no more having to be all smiles and hand shakes, people will once again fear our race, like they used too, the only people we really need to take care of are the Queen and that stupid Captain of the Guard that they have stalking the place like a ghost, they could be trouble if allowed to carry on to their own devices, he will have to be eliminated while the Queen, well the Queen we can have a little fun with, she can be my gift to you my dear"<br/><br/>He laughed a little laugh at the thought of having Xyna as their play thing. He also loved the thought of the King sprawled out on some battlefield, his corpse mutilated beyond recognition, or maybe he would have his men bring the corpse back for him to parade in front of his subjects once he took the throne.