Yulien held back a sigh, tapping his fingers on his desk while trying to calm his mind. Kassian pacing impatiently in front of him and complaining about how he should be allowed to take a night of rest after the long journey, wasn’t helping at all.
This was a mess and not the type of mess you can throw money at and forget it happened. Having a monarch, or worse, a person rumored to have kings and queens bow to him, walk through the Empire without escort and control, was unthinkable. Putting all the danger he had been in without a proper escort aside, who knew what his intentions were when he set foot in the Empire? There was order and a way of doing things when people of their stature were concerned, but he acted almost as if the whole thing was inconsequential.
“Do you trust what Prince
