Lustre arrives at his office, his employees bowing towards him with every step he took inching forward like some greeting or maybe a prayer even..
He pushes the double door hurriedly almost as though it was he was in a panic.
Upon entering, he notices the seat behind his desk turn backward, he pauses for a moment raising caution to Axiver.
"Finally, your here. I was starting to get bored, Ay big brother" A voice came from the seat, as the chair turned a one eighty dramatically. The figure seated on it was young, his skin pale as though he suffered from the freezing weather and frost bite, his eyes crimson and dark and a smirk across his face, as he fiddled with a ball pen, twirling it around his fingers.
Realizing the figure that was seated, Lustre caution dropped but not depleted, He looks at the figure with firmness in his eyes although it was always his usual look,
"What are you doing here? Alexander!" Lustre asks his tone indifferent as he signals Axiver to leave "And get off my chair"
"Aww, can't a younger brother come see his lovely older brother without being declared suspicious? And your chair is just to comfortable." Alexander says "And how many times do I have to tell you, call me Alex" he adds
Lustre walks towards him sanding directly in front, with only inches away "I don't have time for your Games." he says grabbing the seat and flipping it over throwing Alex onto the floor.
"Still as harsh as ever, I see" Alex says, getting up and dusting his-self off.
"Still as silly as ever" Lustre says no longer paying mind to him as he brings out some documents from cabinet beneath the desk.
"You know the summoned me earlier"
Hearing that Lustre freezes for a bit, before resuming what he was doing.
"They asked what you've been up to and how you've been attending to it" Alex continues
"Oh, and being the guard dog that you are, you wag your tail and report" Lustre says, while shuffling through papers.
"You know I have no hand in this" Alex says while trying to defend himself.
"Of course" Lustre replies, his tone clearly showing that he doesn't believe him.
"I'm serious this isn't the time to be attending to your business, trouble is brewing Lustre." Alex says clear worry written on his face as he saw the mediocrity of Lustre "They even asked of.... Lethaniel" he says gulping down his own saliva.
He looks at Lustre who is now directly in front of him, his shimmering scarlet eyes raging with the intention of killing him on the spot as he held onto his shoulder.
"If you touch him, or say anything about him to those old men on the top about him, that's where your life end, even as an immortal" Lustre says his voice pacific and yet intimidating altogether.
Alex knew that Lustre doesn't take matters about Lethaniel lightly and he had to learn that first hand, after trying to find out the origins of where he had come from. And as a result...
"Don't bother, I wouldn't try anything that would provoke you that much. And i know that from experience" He says trying to seem dismissive as he releases Luster's grip on him.
Hearing so, Lustre returns to his desk, his legs crossed over the table as he clasped his hands together, intertwining his fingers.
"So is that the information you wanted to tell me" He states as he looks at Alex, finally giving ear to what he wants to say.
Alex lets out a low chuckle, one as though he was mocking himself before speaking
"A little birdie told me that you've found Lethaniel's mother. My congratulations to you Brother." saying so Alex bows
"Get to the point, Although one of your spies you planted in my estate had told you that, what does it have to do with me?" Lustre says his tone one of demanding and not one of conversing.
"Although, I give my congrats to you, I know you know it well that others of the parliament are unlikely to do so." A lex says pausing "And most especially, father."
The air tenses up as Alex mentions their father.
"He sees this as a....."
Alex stop as he start to hear his brother laugh.
The echo of Lustre laughter fills the room, as it was not one of joy like others do, but one of pure MOCKERY and the amusement of that, and therefore every one in the household of the Gemstone considered it an ill omen whenever he does.
Even going as far as to call it "THE SONG OF THE MAD JOKER", for the day that it was first heard of a great majority of the vampires were slaughtered.
Alex continues watching his brother laugh hysterically in fear as though he was witnessing a tragic horror movie.
"Ha, that's one I haven't heard in a while" Lustre says as he ceases his laughter, wiping but a droplet of tear from his eye, "So the sullied Gem, wishes to blow a tantrum"
"This is but an Urgent issue brother...." Alex say "They are coming for her, they see it as an opportunity to get rid of her" He adds panicking.
"Let them, and I believe she can protect herself can she not?" he say placing his focus back onto the documents in his hand"
"But..." Alex says trying to argue
"Alex!!! Don' t poke your nose into what does not concern you" Lustre says, giving a clear unmistakable threat to his brother.
It was the first time Lustre had ever called His little brother by his nickname and yet the first time he used it was to place a threat on on.
Alex leaves, anger and the feeling of failure trailing behind him, as he recalls the cause of all this, the pitiful day He had thought he had the potential to Understand his brother, the day he had lost his treasure heart.