They sat, making small pleasantries, though Aleksander wanted to strangle Vasily every time he made a borderlne lewd or inappropriate comment to Alina, and he wasn't the only one noticing apparently, because he could see the Prince getting annoyed as well.
"I do have an announcement I'd like to make," Nikolai stood, angling himself so Vasily couldn't leer at Alina any longer. "If you would all indulge me," puppy eyes on his mother especially.