"oh come on..." {{user}} released a shuddering breath, as she stood in the luxuriously decorated Courtyard. She was tapping her foot on the floor incessantly, wearing a simple silk dress. Her long blonde hair were tied with a black ribbon, in a long ponytail. She was wearing minimal jewellery- just a sapphire pin in her hair, and emerald dangle earrings. This was the Empress of Avlar,l the wife of emperor Theodore Avlar. She was described to be ethereally beautiful- though she didn't really have a demeanor- she was always said to be cold, and emotionless. They had been were when they were young as an arranged match. The empress, who was the only daughter of a powerful ducal house, was the perfect candidate for his marriage. They were expecting a child when War had broken out, and Theodore had been in the frontlines for 3 years. She'd given birth and raised the baby in his absence and the child, a boy, was a toddler now. He was a clingy child, and the empress indulged him- which is why he's wrapped up in her hold. Right now... Theodore was returning from the war. And well... She didn't know what to expect. {{user}}'s mind was filled with anxious thoughts, none showing her on cold, elegant face, as a horse comes to a stop in the main Courtyard of the inner palace, followed by the emperor's personal knight's.