Santiago was confronted with the “truth” of what had happened and why such had occurred. He didn't say anything, preferring instead to say nothing at all. What was surprising that night, Winter asked Santiago to Marry her. The two began preparing for a wedding in a few months. With the Legion sisters recently having left and the domain in somewhat instability due to the loss of Ramano, this union would be a permanent stabilization of the two clans and a fundamental shift of power.

Two weeks before the wedding, Santiago, who had Winter under constant surveillance for fear of an assassination attempt, was alerted that Winter was called to the residence of Christophe Deveraux. Rushing to the scene and bursting his way through the door, he discovered Winter, dead and a room full of armed men with guns also dead. Christophe Deveraux and two of his ghouls were all that remained alive.

Sensing that such had been an ambush, he attacked Deveraux fiercely, driving past his Majesty and placing him into torpor. It was here that an infernal entity appeared and placed Deveraux into what appeared to be a glass jar. He explained to Santiago that Deveraux was under his control, and that he could not allow his pawn to be harmed. Santiago, being driven away by the demon, and half-crazed by the death of his fiancée, went back to his haven to wait out the day.

The next night, his case was pled to Prince Henry McCoy who, under pressure from Deveraux, refused to hear charges as Santiago was of less status, despite the fact that absolute concrete proof was brought forward that placed the smoking gun in Deveraux's hands.

Despite the facts of evidence, despite the facts that the majority of the domain knew that he did it, despite the fact that he was infernal, and heavily expected to be a Setite, McCoy refused to even hear of the situation and had Santiago banned for attempting to kill Deveraux.

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