Legacy: The Unravelling

Epilogue

A couple of months had passed and the people were focused on rebuilding the realm, everyone working together as if they had never been enemies.

Memorials were being held for the fallen and there was a large board in front of the HQ with a list of the missing of each affected region of the continent that even included the Neutral Zones reclaimed by those in charge of the coups d'êtats, who were now identified.

Dmitri stood side by side with Liam, James, Aryanna and Jayden, each one of them glancing at the pictures of their missing relatives that were placed right beside the pictures of those of high-hierarchy that had fallen, all connected to a group of six though according to ex-councilman Calum Trevar, originally they were only four and had been gathering supporters for a while that were already dead or captured.

They had placed the pictures in different parts of the continent according to the last place they had been seen:

In Aella were the pictures of ex-councilman Dan, his son Tobias and his best friend Petyr, in Khaeron was Calum, in Rhean they had yet to identify the member responsible and right besides the picture of the only unidentified man, stood the picture of Ilsa Novack who was currently missing and further east from that position but before they reached the sea, stood the pictures of Kiara and Viktor who were also missing. In Eganis were the pictures of Asher Krane and Leroy Aust and somewhere in the middle of Eganis was a picture of Renly, who was last seen around there before he suddenly went missing.

-Lee? -asked Mikhail approaching the group, Dmitri only shooting a side glance at him.-

Liam turned around and extended an arm to his younger brother whom he had become closer to in the time that the boy had stayed with him, and even if the blonde acted fine and cheerful, those with experience analysing people would instantly noticed that he was not sleeping properly and that, in fact, he was destroyed inside.

Although he has not been close with his mother, it still affected him that she had left her younger son by himself even after her husband was killed in front of her and to top it all off, the only person that could manage to calm him down enough for him to sleep was also missing, the latter actually assuring him that she would go back to them the last time he saw her, and he hated that he was also forced to temporarily assume her position as his team's leader because he still believed that she was out there alive and well, even when the search for them was fruitless.

-Hey guys.- the boy greeted.-

-Hi Mikha.- Arya greeted him with a sweet smile, pulling him out of Liam's grasp and hugging him firmly.- You have been kind of lost where were you?-

-Studying and training, I have been doing everything I possibly can do to help.- the boy admitted, being gently nudged by Jayden.-

-You are way too young for that.- the brunet told him.-

-Desperate times, desperate measures.- the boy shrugged.- I was told to summon you in the Hall, they said it was important.-

James nodded and he turned around and left without giving them a chance to say anything.

The redhead had been awfully quiet since he woke up, people assumed that it was just the thoughts of his brother's whereabouts haunting him, but the truth is that he was still processing what had happened so far and how his life changed so drastically faster than he could even take everything in.

His sister? Not dead, but now missing – she not only chose not to return to her home but chose to go to the enemy realm at the moment and ally with the other side of her family when she was fourteen, nobody knowing where she was between the range of eight to that age, then she becomes part of an elite team that specialized in making his life harder and then hurting her younger brother as if it was nobody to her.

His brother? Before the whole ordeal he had been more distant and harsher than usual and then, the day he was supposed to accompany the Abaddon squad to the Council of Leaders, he simply chose to neglect his duty and chose not to attend which ultimately led to him disappearing from Elysia's surface. Yes, Renly was normally silent and sort of hostile but he sometimes was easy to talk with, and it didn't matter how much he found James annoying, he would still be there for him should he needed him to be and yet, he decided to even halt that.

Then, there was the issue of his mother and his youngest brother, the first who he still did not dare to even look at the eye or stay in the same room for longer than necessary and the latest who was constantly on his back trying to provide him with support tirelessly with no regards of James' excuses and complaints about his attitude.

It did not matter how much he tried to understand the boy, he still had problems comprehending the reasoning behind Jayden's urge to be closer to him even when he had to go through so much hate and backlash at first from behalf of the Khaeni.

He was so busy with that, that he didn't even spare a thought to his father who was previously a figure he was so afraid to disappoint.

-Lords.- Dmitri greeted, halting James' stroll when they entered the Hall.- Ladies.-

-Welcome, how have been the reconstructions? -Matthew asked much to the surprise in the people inside.-

-Very well.- Liam replied.-

-Wonderful.- Damian praised before letting out a sigh and motioning Hailee Pearce to start.-

-As you know, every realm was subdued a couple of months ago, and that the current status of Rhean is uncertain.- she commented.- We have also managed to sedate Mr. Trevar so he doesn't proof to be a nuisance later since, according to Layla, it is problematic to have him fully conscious as we don't know how they communicate with each other yet.-

-But after further meditation, we have decided that the best pathway possible into gaining control would be to take back Rhean first.- Nicolai said.- Since it is located in the middle of the continent, it would serve as a pathway to the other two and since it also had many state secrets, such as the citadel. It is likely that their acts were stunned momentarily too.-

-Those are suppositions though.- James commented sceptically, every gaze directed at him.- You are relying in the belief that the city and the citadel were strong enough to halt any malicious intent at it and yet, here it is a child without his mother who's missing and a father that died pretending to protect people that weren't there.-

"You act like Renly now..." Matthew thought as he broke eye-contact with his son.

-And yet it's all we have now, we cannot depend of the cave system always for we cannot afford them unravelling the only secret that's keeping us safe...- Damian claimed, everyone in the room agreeing.-

-What's the plan? - Dmitri inquired noting how they shared glances with each other.-

-We will strike in four days.- Matthew declared.-