Taking control

[Alexei]

With a flutter of his red cape, the Grand General turned on his heels and took one last glance on his sister. 

The hatred on her green eyes were undeniable. He'd seen that hatred before. And they were also inside another set of green orbs. 

Alexei wiped the blood on his lower lip and called two more knights to follow him, his head ringing from when his sister jumped on him and hit him with the heavy metal handcuffs. 

He must have brought down his guard in front of Althea. Who could blame him? She looked just like the older one. 

But Alexei swore that it wouldn't happen again. 

He'd been meticulously building this plan for an awfully long time. As if pieces on a puzzle carefully being fit together. Tonight, those pieces were complete. Everything had fallen right into place. 

Alexei couldn't just allow Althea to ruin this for him.