Miss Xero

Another Reading Sneak Peek

Added 2025-12-17 16:29:42 +0000 UTC

I had a lot of thought about Alexei and Mischa's relationship tbh. At first I did think Alexei was that evil. You know, the sadist who thinks of everyone as disposable pawns, but tbh that never really fit right since I already imagined his dynamic with Irwin since the first BS and I know he's not THAT heartless. He's a sadist yes, but he still has attachments.

So to me this fits better, Mischa is closest to him in age, being only 2 years younger than him. Both have lost their mothers to the Dead Zone war with Ivar, and I think Alexei considers Misha as more of a sibling than just a mere cousin. The other cousins notice this of course (especially the incestuous ones, for obvious reasons)

Alexei likes that the OG Mischa is not that scared of him and is fully aware of their many attempts to dethrone him but he doesn't mind it. He gets off on power, he enjoys the tricks and mind games, and generally looks forward to whatever acts of defiance his cousin does next. I always thought of Alexei as a gifted, privileged child who just thinks he can do whatever he wants to Mischa, thinking they'd never break until he willed it so, and boy was he wrong!

By the way just because I want to write it but idk where. Despite me blanking the bachelors and casts ages so you guys can imagine their ages to whatever suits you best, personally, I think their ages are as follows:

Osgar - 18

Till - 19

Mischa - 19

Alexei - 21

Palmy - 24 (So basically the twink quartet are like 22-24 as well. Lyall is 21)

Conri - 27

Lowell - 30 (Yup that maid is a 30 year old man, lol. I like to think the larger the wolf, the smaller the human form is, that's why Poppy's wolf form in the first game is also so massive)

If you read the screenshot, let me know what you think! Alexei and Conri revealed their personalities the least in the demo so I'm curious how people would react!