~Alexandra ~ It was the first warm sun in the small hours of a new winter day in Kremlin. I walked towards one of the untended corners of Alexander's Garden, passing the grim-looking vampire guards posted in the shadow along the arched ways. They bowed as I went passed them. A number of royal guards trailed behind me. The meeting with the Royal Council was a hellish affair, to say the least, and it resulted in me having a tongue-lashing at the parliament members of Biley Dom, most notably General Konstantin. He cowered under my rage as I was informed by Victor of the previous meeting, and how unsatisfied he was when Anastasia had handled the issue. The Russian Sleep experiment was still being carried out despite my sister's decree to shut it down. It was more than enough to snap their