On their way out of the palace, he met someone he thought he would never meet again, the crown prince. He was his brother and yet he hated him a lot; since he was born from the favorite concubine, his brother always felt threatened by him.

He didn't have a proper childhood, thanks to him. Xavier looked at him for a while before bowing his head. The crown prince's palanquin stopped and he wondered why it did.

The crown prince seemed very furious but not with him but with the ...