82. Second Chances

It was late into the night, with the whole Palace sound asleep, when the Emperor woke up and chose violence.

Yes. Like, literally.

Gart had no idea, having had clocked out for the night as well. It was only when Tesarius's guard had rushed to his chamber and informed him about their master's shenanigans did Gart realize what was going on. He knew it. He knew the calm was too good to be true.

Ever since the incident in the morning, Tesarius had not drunk even a sip of liquor like he'd usually do. He did not throw a tantrum, nor even complain or whine about what just happened at the training grounds. That Aurora never showed up like he hoped.

Gart was relieved, believing his master was sane enough to know it was pointless to throw any tantrums now. That drinking away the pain was not the option. Or that Aurora showing up at his training session was too good to be true.