Burning Past

'All of you that gathered here is to be the Heavenly Lords of the Underworld.' The Queen said, looking around the room as five arrogant and prideful individuals sat together.

This was a time before time. A time before the Underworld grew to what it is today, and a time before all of the deaths and destruction on both sides.

That was the first day Claudia and Keeno saw one another. Before, she just knew of him to be a literal playboy in the Eastern Zone while she dominated the Southern Zone all by herself with the manufacturing monopoly. He's handsome enough, though there's always something off about him.

Maybe it's his gesture...maybe it's his expression...or maybe it's the way he won't take his eyes off her.