[b][color=f26522]Victor[/color][/b]
 [@KimmiNinja]
What did bring him home? It certainly wasn’t the allure of meeting his siblings again. Nor did he really have the duty towards his parents. It happened before that he missed a decade of his mother’s birthdays because he was too busy elsewhere. So what brought him home? Today of all days specifically? Well, he long decided to return on a certain point. To catch up a little. He wasn’t soulless. But he truly wanted to see how it was going with his elder siblings. For the past few years, a small voice had formed in his mind. A voice that said that he was better equipped to be heir than any of the others. Of course, he loved his brother and sister. If anything would happen to them, Victor knew he would mourn them deeply. What he really was hoping was that his father would see reason, finally.

Nik wasn’t ready to be heir. He’d never be ready. His softer spoken, less demanding brother wasn’t fit to be heir and most around knew it. Maggie certainly had the grace and intelligence of being heir. But even in her he found something lacking. He always guessed it was ambition. Though, he himself wasn’t perfect. None of his siblings was a stranger to their father’s rule. They had to find a mate before they came of age. It was the one flaw that probably blocked him the most. It was the one demand he’d have to convince his father to scrap.

[color=f26522]“Family.. friends.”[/color] He answered Sarah’s question with a smile. His mind was screaming to add: you. But again, that would be too obvious. Too dangerous. [color=f26522]“So, how are you holding up? With Alice and such?”[/color] it was rather straightforward. But he asked the question often. Of course, with Sarah things were different. When he a question like that, those who knew him well knew what he was asking. He was digging for a vulnerability. A weakness. A thing to hold over people’s head. Opinions that could be rather harmful. Or just generally test the waters of the always charged relationships of his siblings. No to so with Sarah. His question to her was genuine. The only ulterior motive he had was that he wanted to see if he could do something. Nothing direct, obviously. But often he tried to do little things to make her life easier.