It was rare to find Markus anywhere but his desk but today he was in an off putting sitting room with everything shut. Laid out on the couch. He had gone through so much in the last few weeks and he realized he had yet to inform his closest friend. 

“Jackson” 

He said his hand still over his eyes but hearing the door open alerted him. He sighed and sat up resting his elbows on his knees as he turned to face his friend. “I have so much to tell you. It’s probably best that you sit down.” He squared his shoulders and sat up in his typical straight position. “So first off, I hope you have been well, and I hope that some of this news doesn’t deter you from supporting me further.” 

“I’ll start with the easiest first, Rowan has proposed marriage to form an alliance between Southland and Northland Falls.” he took a deep breath, “and I have accepted.” The next was harder, explain that his sister was alive from his human life definitely wasn’t something he expected to be sharing and he thought it was the lighter of the next two pieces of information he needed to share. 

“When I was human, I had a family. I left them behind once I was turned for fear that I would harm them or put them in danger. My sister is miraculously alive, and apparently an Immortalem.” The legend was well known to all and Jackson had at least heard him mention them. 

He sighed, sitting back down again and his icy stare met his dear friends, “and I have mated with Iris.” He pointed to some books on a nearby table and sighed, “I have put in hours of research to see if there is anyway to break this bond, but unfortunately it ends in either of our deaths, and as much as I would love to end her, I’d much rather see her suffer.”​