16
Relocation to the Summer Palace
“Damn it, Father, why wasn’t I consulted about this?” Alex plucked at his vest with the crest of the Fourth emblazoned on it, a look of disgust on his face. “You know the whole Legend of the Fourth is based on a lie. Instead of ignoring all the rumours and muttering, you lend weight to the whole thing by acknowledging the title.”
Alex stood and paced, running his right hand through his hair. Annoyance and frustration clear in every line of his body. It had been a tough couple of weeks for them all with the added attention thrown their way due to being acknowledged as the Fourth. It didn’t help at all that Alex felt like a total fraud. It had also made his trysts with Amelia a lot more difficult to arrange.
“I’m no kind of hero or protector of the Real
