Coronation:

Patrick:

A month has passed since my Lord’s disappearance. That early morning my cell phone did not stop ringing. One by one all the members of the council called me. Despite being in different time zones and countries, they were all prey to great anguish and a feeling of imminent death at the same time.

My lord had previously warned them of his intentions to carry out the ritual as soon as possible, nonetheless, none of them could shake the terrible episode of anxiety that took hold of all of us just at the moment our Mégas ... disappeared.

—Our Megas is dead. - they whispered.

—Our Megas has died.- they lamented.

The others have lost the man who saved them, the man who guided them, the man who gave them a second chance... I have lost half of my own soul. The purpose of my existence was to serve him, now that he is gone... I don't know what will become of me.

Kira:

Villa Philipides has remained closed for a month. All of Kyrios Alex's properties on Spiros have been abandoned. The gossips as always, have been responsible for spreading the rumor that the man suddenly went bankrupt, the girl he intended to marry abandoned him and in his despair Alexandros ended up committing suicide.
It's a rumor that too easily explains the disappearance of both Alex and Yolie and I suspect that Patrick is behind the credible explanation given for the events and the total abandonment of the properties in the south side.
Very soon, those properties will begin to be vandalized and looted, I have no doubt.

Otherwise, I have not heard from Patrick since that tragic dawn, the very next morning he brought me back home as promised and since then, it looks like the earth has swallowed him. My friends said there was no earthquake that morning, that I must have had a nightmare, but I'm not crazy and I was wide awake. I still get pretty scared every time someone knocks on my door, there were a lot of strange things left unexplained to me, but I came out of that scary situation alive and kicking, I couldn't ask for more.

Patrick:

I am in the Philipides mansion in Athens, attending the council meeting via Zoom. They have been deliberating for two months but cannot seem to agree. The two fundamental points of these weekly sessions are the election of a new Mégas and the selection of a new lieutenant for France and other French-speaking countries, since Jeanne is confined to Cockatoo Island.

The members of the council debate between Qin Shi Huang and Vlad to occupy the throne and be proclaimed the new Mégas, they have ignored Cleopatra, due to her involvement in what transpired with Jeanne. As a punishment for her actions, Alexandros forced her to release the members of her harem and since then, the vampiress only frowns at us and votes against all the proposals that are made, in addition, the council mistrusts those whom Jeanne herself converted, because they could be in a plot with her and be as renegade as their previous ruler.

—I propose that we think... as our lord Alexandros would.- Qin Si Huang whispers. - I know that many of you would vote for me to take on my shoulders the heavy burden of being your leader but I have already been poisoned by power, do not make me fall into temptation once again. That is why I propose the only man to whom I am convinced that Alexandros would hand over this task without a moment's hesitation.

They all look at their webcams expectantly.

—I propose Patrick Amíntoros to take the throne and direct the destinies of our species.

I have been left dumbfounded.
—He now is the oldest of us all, preceding us in hierarchy, he was the right hand of our... late King. We all know what Alexandros thought of him, thousands of times I heard him say...”Patrick and I are one” , or something similar. That is why I ask the leaders of the council here today to consider the solution that I offer. Since we don't consider any of us worthy enough... let's consider him.

I open my mouth to protest, to refuse and explain that I do not want the crown, but the last words my lord spoke to me come back to my mind.

"Take care of them, Patrick. Take care of them all and especially… her."

My heart contracts into a fist. Did my lord know? Did he know that I would be proposed to take his place?

"Take care of them, Patrick. Take care of them all..."

It is the only logical explanation.

— I must say that I am...pleased, with the proposal that our friend Huang has just made.- Vlad comments, in a sincere and solemn tone. - Among us I do not find someone with more merits and who inspires in me that... trust, which I always deposited in Alexandros. I am entirely convinced that Patrick Amíntoros would do an impeccable job as our new Mégas. – the Wallaquian prince finishes his speech by bowing his head.

Cleopatra's snort is loudly audible through her webcam.

— Those of you who are in favor... express it by raising your right hand.- Qin Shi continues.

Ten of the members raise their hands.

—Those who are against...

Cleopatra raises hers.

—We have no abstentions, therefore Patrick Amíntoros is here by elected as the new Mégas of the vampires, by majority vote.