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Alexi sat at the desk in his office in a towering skyscraper on Anaxes, above he could see the sprawling ship construction yards. A flash across the holo screen at the far side of the room caught his attention, he slid a finger along a console on the desk turning the volume up. He listened as...

There was nothing. Then a cold shock slammed into his body as his eyes shot open, gasping for air. The crowd around him jumped back at the suddenness of it all. Alexi lay stunned as he took in weak breaths, his throat injured from the pressure. Soon his attendants arrived and extracted him...

He made it to the edge of the dance floor towards the first of the tables, it becoming hard to breathe with each step. He tried to speak, but no sound was produced. As panic took over, he pulled at the high collar of his shirt, now revealing the deep bruising already occurring in a band around...

He felt her body tense slightly, noticed the subtle catch of her breath in her chest. It was brief as she spun back around stepping in closer than before. He grinned at her question. “Why that depends on how much trouble you want to get in” he said, their bodies pressly lightly together as they...

Music There was a brief pause, the calculating of decisions. The woman's eyes ever so slightly darting between options. This is what made parties worth going to. After attending hundreds, if not thousands, of these events throughout his life, the drama is what kept him coming back. The woman...

Alexi sipped his champagne, taking the room in. He made idle conversation with a pleasant if not astonishingly boring, group. He found his eyes looking out over the dance floor, deciding he would have much more luck finding a decent distraction there. "Excuse me." he said with a warm smile...

To her credit, she played her part brilliantly. Luckily, she hadn't been a complete idiot like many of the others in attendance this evening. As they walked away, the old man would soon move on to whatever it was that old men did. "Yes, quite fortunate," he said. She was tall, other lesser men...

Alexi stepped back from the woman he had been dancing with and bowed slightly. She had made a quip earlier that had suggested she may not have been entirely boring, but that that had turned out to be nothing more than a fluke. She had been merely average, an average dancer, an average...

There had been a time when he hated these sorts of gatherings. He had been to so many throughout his youth; they had lost all meaning. Now, he had a purpose, and with that purpose, he found himself eager to participate once again. Alexi Stravos had recently broken into the scene with his...

The previous three days had been a blur of preparing and spinning the narrative for this day. Everything up until this point had all led to this one meeting. If he failed, not much would change, he would still be wealthy and have other opportunities, but he had been infected by the image of...

He thought momentarily, holding his glass in one hand. It was never as simple as that, but if she had come out and said everything, she likely wouldn't have been a person that would have caught his interest in the first place. She had proven invaluable so far; if that was a taste of what the...

His eyes shifted ever so slightly, noticing the slightest twinge from her at the mention of their new Emperor. He honestly hadn't paid much attention to the developing situation within Imperial Space, though he would need to now. The idea was intoxicating, admittedly. His siblings all had...

He listened patiently, allowing a brief silence between them as her gaze drifted off. She, of course, was right. The Core was where the money was and, in turn, where the power was. The Empire would be relegated to the sidelines as long as they floundered about in the Outer Rim. They both knew...

Their eyes met, and Alexi could see the chess pieces moving, the wheels turning as she studied him. There was something else there as well, something predatory. Most would have turned away, but he met her eyes with an amethyst gaze of his own. Her next words actually surprised him a bit. He...

"Oh that? No school could prepare you for a life of lying and scheming better than a childhood in the Stravos home. I think my parents lied to each other more than actually were truthful." he said drinking from his tea. "Would have been easier if they just admitted they wanted to fuck anyone in...

"Don't sell yourself so short." he replied to Ezra. "I am sure with enough practice and dedication, even a noble Jedi Knight such as yourself could lower yourself to the degeneracies of politics." he quipped. "That's all well and good; it seems like your planet could at least find a decent...

He wondered what this woman was up to; she certainly was no scientist like she had pretended she was yesterday. She did seem to be enjoying the work, though. He returned the pleasant look with one of his own. He sipped his tea before setting the cup back on the table. "If we are half as good at...

With a nod of his head, he joined Ezra as they moved towards the bar. "That was fun." he said with a sly grin. The changing of times was a lesson many Senators would have learned in the coming weeks. He wouldn't be surprised that within two years' time, the political landscape of the Galaxy...

To her credit, she was in the office almost immediately, likely already knowing her work would land her the job. He certainly liked the confidence. They immediately went to work. Alexi had been around the business his whole life and had studied for years. He kept up as she brought up various...

Alexi plucked the glass from the air, eyes lighting up as his grin widened. Now that had been a useful trick. His glass tapped against Ezra's before he lifted it to his lips. "See, my opinions of the Jedi are already changing." he said teasingly. Normally, he paid no attention to bodyguards...