“Did you have a safe trip?” Lucius
asked his son, as he shook his forearm then clapped him on the
back. “As safe as possible,” Virgil said then leaned in
and placed a kiss on his mother’s cheek and Lucius nodded
then turned and looked at Julian, bowing his head in respect to his
King and Queen. “My lord, my lady,” he said,
“Lucius its good to see you my friend, Gregory has told me
that everything has been well,” Julian said and Lucius
nodded. “Indeed, we’ve had a few minor skirmishes and a
few confrontations but nothing we couldn’t handle. There are
a few things for you to look over though,” Lucius said and
Julian nodded, “can it wait until tomorrow? I want all of my
attention on the dinner tonight,” Julian said and Lucius
nodded. “Of course and may I ask, what is the occasion for
this special dinner tonight?”

 

 

Lucius asked and Julian grinned as he looked at his
long time friend, “I can tell you now because soon everyone
else will know. My son has decided to take a wife,” Julian
said and Lucius’ face showed surprise as he looked at Julian
then turned and looked at Ulysses who grinned as he walked up the
stairs until he was standing in front of Lucius. “Allow me to
introduce you to the wonderful woman who has stolen my
heart,” Ulysses said with a grin as he held out his hand to
Xena who took it and walked up to Ulysses so that she was standing
next to him. “Lucius this is Xena,” Ulysses introduced
him to Xena, “Xena this is Lucius, Virgil’s father and
my father’s head advisor,” Ulysses said and Xena smiled
as she held out her hand and Lucius smiled as well as he took her
hand. “It’s nice to meet you,” Xena said,
“it is nice to meet you as well,” he said as he raised
her hand and placed a kiss on the back of it.

 

 

“For a while I thought Ulysses would never
settle down, so it is an honor to meet the woman who has achieved
such a great feat,” Lucius said and Xena grinned as her hand
and Ulysses’ hand automatically came together. Lucius looked
at them then at Julian, “well this is indeed a good cause for
a special dinner,” he said, “speaking of which, we need
to be on our way,” Marguerite said and they nodded and
proceeded to walk into the palace and head to the Dinning Hall. As
they walked towards the dinning hall, Xena couldn’t help but
look around at the spectacular palace that Ulysses called home. She
had to admit it was definitely beautiful, the design was unique but
beautiful none the less, she was sure there was not another palace
like this one in existence. Ulysses grinned as he watched Xena and
the fascination in her eyes, “I’ll show you around
tomorrow,” he said as he leaned into her and she looked into
his eyes and nodded. Their stroll slowed down when they were but a
few doors down from the hall, and once they were outside the door,
Virgil and his parents went in first then Ulysses’ parents
and after a couple of minutes they would follow.