Maksim Thorne

Maksim Thorne, a character in the Crimes of Passion series, is the King of Drakovia, and Trystan's father. He is first seen in Book 2, Chapter 4.

Appearance
Maksim has short curly gray hair, brown eyes, dark skin, and a gray goatee. He wears a golden crown in the shape of a cobra snake with green emeralds, a golden and black blazer with golden patterns and a golden snake pin, and a black shirt with a golden necklace.

Background
According to Marguerite, Maksim has many extramarital affairs. If asked why Drakovia hates foreigners, Maksim would say to not ask such things.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Cross Your Heart (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 2: Follow My Lead (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 4: The Royal Treatment (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 6: Sleep When You're Dead (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 8: Forging Ahead (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 9: The Rite Track (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 13: A Stab in the Dark (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 14: The Heat (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 17: The Long Goodbye (Mentioned)

Book 2

 * Chapter 4: Objection
 * Chapter 5: A Rose Among Thornes
 * Chapter 6: Served Cold
 * Chapter 7: The Drakovian Heir
 * Chapter 9: The Royal Tea (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 10: The Mask Drops (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 11: Footage Not Found (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 12: Fashion Victim
 * Chapter 13: In Memoriam

Trystan Thorne
Trystan is King Maksim's favorite child, and he would rather die than believe that Trystan killed Juliana. Like Queen Viktoria, Maksim was inconvenienced with the scandal Trystan caused during Sonja's murder investigation, and therefore demanded for Trystan to return home, saying this is not a request.

Marguerite Thorne
When Juliana went missing and Marguerite decided to look for her, Maksim told Marguerite to leave the situation alone so that he could control the narrative, but Marguerite defied him and set up a rescue mission, resulting in Maksim arriving at the docks with the Royal Guard to arrest her for piracy. However, when people showed up, he pretended that the rescue mission was his idea.

Trivia

 * His character model resembles Stepback Three from Platinum.
 * He and his family share the same surname as Garrett Thorne from Open Heart: Second Year and the default surname of Attorney as well as Reese from Surrender.
 * In Book 2, Chapter 7, it is mentioned that his 65th birthday is approaching and he is required to relinquish the throne to his heir when that time comes.