CHAPTER 56: SHADOWS FROM THE PAST

Ruby's POV

"When are we to rid ourselves of that bitch?" I asked my mate. "Soon, my love. Once Lawrence wears the crown, we will be rid of her," Vincent replied kissing my lips.

He wanted me to meet him in his study after I spoke to Romeo and Vidalia said on our decision to stop looking for our pup after all this time.

"Mother, will you please tell Romeo he's a court idiot?" Vidalia scoffed. "Could the Goddess have given me a better sister? I would like to trade her to the locals for a be-headed chicken. That would be acceptable maybe even overpriced," Romeo said insulting Vidalia. "I need you two to throw that subject away!" I shouted upset given the reason I brought them here in the first place.

I gathered my temper to refrain from strangling my present children while I mourned for the one that was not. After I explained our decision to them both seemed to have come to terms with everything.

"Why would Auntie Elena do this?" Vidalia asked. "I don't know," I sighed on the brink of t