How could a count be a leader, without his countess? This question swam around in his mind for a while. Nadia had left him. Gone back to prakra. Now he was alone. Not alot of people came to his lavish masquerades. No one respected the battles he thought. And everyone beloved he brought the plague with him. Course if wasn't a surprise his wife left him. After all he did have an affair with the servent...

5 months earlier

Lucio was throwing another one of his lavish masquerades, Countess Nadia was cold and unweilding to him. And he was drunk.