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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plain everything?" Lord Vasquez finally opened his eyes and straightened his back.

and then watched his face in si-

doorbell rang, and Helel ran before anybody else. I raised my 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 for not looking away. He in- stantly looked around, probably mentally

could tell he was being too hard on himself. Soon, Helel arrived again with guests behind him. My body trembled at the sight of not only Flynn but also Lady Varisha with him. A frown covered my forehead

be here for

of whatever was going on between Varisha and

my mom," I said, turning around but un- able to move past the living room when Lord Vasquez stopped

This meeting is to come clear before you all." Lord Vasquez spoke, making me stand back and wait for him to finish.

and Varisha," Lord Vasquez started while Varisha sat down with him on the couch and Flynn stood beside her. From the

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it, I could tell they knew what

red as if he had a whole meltdown prior to coming here. He

with her is---- that she is a moth- er of my child," Lord Vasquez's words swept the world from under

saying?" Helel stepped forward while Akin held

too. Some things make sense in my head now. I should have questioned it long before

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

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