The "Trial Period" had many unintended consequences, but none were as strategically devastating as the newfound realization by the twins that their father was not just the High Alpha of the North, but also a man with a singular, glaring weakness: them.
In the wake of the Imperial reveal and the night in the Glass Garden, a strange, domestic truce had settled over the estate. But while Cassian and Elena were navigating the complicated waters of co-parenting with the caution of bomb disposal experts, Leo and Myla had skipped the formalities and gone straight to psychological warfare.
It happened first on a Tuesday, a day when the North was being hammered by a sleet storm that turned the windows into sheets of grey ice. Cassian was in the Great Hall, attempting to look regal while reviewing
