The one moment I had almost dreaded, came and went with no issue, so, I was on to another objective.
I was the first the one to succeed her, but I wasn't the first to carry her name. In truth, there were many before me, and I was about to meet the first of her 'children.'
It was to the far east of the room, a table that almost stood alone. That's where we would go after he approached me. He was a noble, naturally, and he wanted to discuss business. He and my predecessor had contracts in place that he wanted reassurance on.
We'd go along with him, and eventually, we'd be alone. It was hard not to notice though, in fact, I'd have been stupid not to recognize a 'thing' that surrounded us. It was like a cloak, and its presence was familiar, something like the void, or maybe something from it.
