Treacherous Pact

Ivo and Armand stood shirtless, waiting in the shadows of the building on the street corner.

Armand looked up into the sky, his eyes fixed on the moon. "He's late, isn't he?" He crossed his impressive arms.

"I know, right?" Ivo leaned against the wall.

"Will he even show up?" Armand scoffed.

"Don't worry." Ivo reassured his best friend. "He'll be here."

They were currently waiting for Count Solomon. The man had asked for the visit himself. Ivo smirked a little as his mind went back to the time he and Armand had met Solomon in his domain.

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Solomon leaned back in his chair as the two men sat in front of him, his fingers steepled in front of him. He smiled, not allowing the gravity of the proposal to show on his face.

To control the Ascension Well was to hold a key to power and control, but the cost, supporting a coup against Yuri, was not without risks of its own.