Beatrice's POV:

Present Time:

It's been a few hours since I returned home, and I haven't seen my mother. I heard my mother and Lord Vasquez argued for hours, and then my mom locked herself in her room.

I had to awkwardly stand in the living room with Lord Vasquez, Helel, and Akin. Vasquez had been rubbing his face in his hands and sighing nonstop while we stood around him and waited for him to open up to us. Whatever they talked about had deeply unsettled my mother.

"Dad! Why were you with Flynn's mother?" Helel finally broke the silence and questioned his father.

"And that too after you announced your mating ceremo- ny with Scarlet to us," Akin added, shaking his head at his fa- ther in disbelief.

"I wasn't on a date with her," Lord Vasquez argued, sounding upset at being called out for taking Varisha shop- ping.

"But why were you with her, dad? Would you like your mate going around shopping with someone else?" Helel sat down on the couch in front of his father and hunched over his knees.

"I don't know how to tell you all why I was with her," Vasquez sighed, closing his eyes and thinking he could hide. from reality by simply shutting his eyes.

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wait for their arrival and then I can ex- plain everything?" Lord Vasquez finally opened his eyes and straightened

and then watched his

head to let out the breath I had been holding back and found Akin staring at me. The way he panicked when I caught him made me feel bad

My body trembled at the sight of not only Flynn

be here for two

of whatever was going on between Varisha and

go bring my mom," I said, turning around but un- able to move past the living room when Lord Vasquez stopped me in mid-stride by

spoken with her. This meeting is to come clear before you all."

me and Varisha," Lord Vasquez started while Varisha sat down with him on the couch and Flynn

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tell they knew what Lord Vasquez was going to talk about.

if he had a whole meltdown prior to coming here. He wasn't

reason you saw me with her is---- that she is a moth- er of my child," Lord Vasquez's words swept the world from under everyone's feet. Where Helel and Akin shared a

saying?" Helel stepped forward while Akin

I was stunned too. Some things make sense in my head now. I should have

all," Lord Vasquez said, unable to raise his head and look at his sons. Akin was standing in the

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