Chapter Nineteen
Maleficent POV
I watched the maids run back and forth trying to prepare for the Halloween Festival as I made my way down to breakfast. Walking to the table I saw everyone, Ben sat at the head of the table with Mal in his lap much to my disapproval because to his and her reasoning there were no chairs left in the ten seated tables. Next to Ben on the right was the only seat left. Right in front of Hades. Looking up from his food he smirked which I ignored and made my way to the seat.
Mal looked up from her plate, face stuffed with strawberries and waffles, and gave me an excited wave. Swallowing all her food she moved up to grab the bowl that was usually filled with strawberries but was empty this time. Picking it up she frowned realizing the bowl was empty before her eyes lit up looking at me and shoving the bowl over to me. I gave her a questioning look before her eyes drifted from the bowl to me.
"No" before moving to grab the waffles on the plate.
Mal frowned at me before pouting "Please?"
I gave her a hard look before letting out a sigh and taking the bowl and waving my hands. Instantly the bowl was filled with strawberries, a beautiful tint of red both cut and whole.
Mal instantly took the bowl from my hands pulling the bowl towards her chest and began munching away. She took a strawberry in her mouth humming to herself happily most likely swinging her legs a bit while Ben looked at her with adoration.
Made me almost believe his love for her was real.
But love was an illusion. And unnecessary one at that.
Hades let out a chuckle interrupting my train of thought, "If only everyone could see you now" Turing to look at him he raised his hands like he was showing a sign " the mistress of evil persuaded by a single simple please"
I rolled my eyes "yes and right next to it, God of the underworld panics from a frown"
Hades' smile drops. I gave him a smirk when I heard Carlos and Jay let out laughs before terribly covering up the act with unconvincing coughs.
Breakfast ended shortly after while we all moved to the family room while I taught Mal magic. Everyone was present, Belle and Adam were playing checkers, Jay and Carlos were playing a video game, the girls were on their phones laughing at videos, Ben was doing paperwork and Hades was watching the lesson, trying to make me squirm and lose focus.
"Now Mal we are going to heal this plant," I said bringing the pot closer to her, the plant itself was turning brown and was so fragile a simple movement made its leaves and stems fall.
She gave me a nervous look before moving, "I don't-"
"Yes, you can." I gave her a look "Now I want you to have your hand open below the pot, raise your hand slowly and as you do curl your fingers into your palm before ending with your palm closed." she followed my instructions, she practiced a few more times before we moved into actually before the spell "Now I want you to imagine in your head the seed of the plant, its roots the plant sprouting, the leaves green and full" Mal closed her eyes while she listened to my voice and lifted her hand, allowing her magic to flow around her.
Opening her eyes slowly she only looked at me, afraid that the spell didn't work. Instead of saying anything I let my eyes do the talking and motioned for her to look down, when she did she let out a squeal of excitement noticing that the now living plant was a strawberry bush. The bush had sprouted so many beautiful tiny strawberries all bite-sized.
Mal immediately grabbed one before I could stop her and eat one, she moved to eat another one but Ben's voice stopped her "Mal you need to wash them first."
Looking over to him was holding a paper squirming through it before signing it, Mal to contemplate but still shoved it into her mouth which caused Hades to laugh.
I cleared my throat which caused Mal to stop shoving her mouth with strawberries, "Your transformation?"
Mal nodded her head, swallowing the rest of her shoved strawberries in her mouth before resting the plant on the coffee table. Taking a deep breath she snapped her fingers letting her magic take over. Her transformation was much quicker than the first time which was a few days ago maybe a week ago. Her horns appeared instantly while her wings took a few more seconds.
She immediately touched the top of her head, feeling her horns, she turned to face me giving me a hopeful look. I had said that if she could transform successfully in a week I would tell her about Moors.
I nodded my head, finally agreeing to her demand considering today was the last opportunity for her. Jumping up she smiled, her wings almost causing a mess as they began wanting to expand and stretch.
I opened my mouth to congratulate her but was cut off with new feet walking into the room, " Your majesty we finished with the decorations for tonight" Moving my eyes from Mal I saw a tall girl, maybe the same age as Mal, her black hair was pulled into a low bun, she wore a pair of jeans with a long sleeve and the castle symbol.
"Thank you", Ben did look up from his paperwork.
the girl looked disappointed and upset but began leaving before turning and adding with a smile, "your Majesty would you like to see them?"
Ben finally looked up but not towards her direction instead he looked at Mal, "Do you want to go?"
Mal who had been chewing on the strawberries yet again nodded enthusiastically. The girl waiting looked angry and stared at Mal With envy before Ben turned to look at her and nodded dismissing her. And she left with a tight forced smile.
Mal ended up convincing everyone to go, we all made our way down to the garden where the decorations for our station would be.
Ben after the meeting with the royal council had convinced us, Hades and I to participate in the "Halloween Festival''. The festival itself invited everyone in the kingdom to the Beast Castle to celebrate the holiday. Every kingdom was to have something for the festival. Ben has decided to have Hades and I do some 'tricks' from our own story, meaning he wants us to play the villains in the history he has written about us. This meant that for our area we were to have a blue fire, a lake with a small wooden boat to represent the lake of Styx, green fire, and a spinning wheel and vines with thorns. But because not all the kids would want to go to our areas Jay, Carlos and Evie will serve as entertainment singing songs and showing them their expertise. Mal, since she is not big with crowds, will be by Ben's side to keep her safe if Audrey tries anything.
Walking by we saw the other stands being prepared. We walked over to the props set out for our area. It was...boring. Honestly for a place where they can do magic? But then again for some stupid reason, they choose not to.
The 'the lake' wasn't even a lake, it was like a pool for dogs, the thorn wall was just as worst it was, it was wood only reaching Mals height. Behind it was even worse, the spindle wheel wasn't even touchable it was painted into the background.
"This looks terrible," Carlos said. Jane elbowed him giving him a look
"He's right," Jay said, nodding, gaining a fist pump from Carlos.
"It doesn't look that bad," Evie said trying to stay positive everyone gave her a look, "okay it does"
"This looks nothing like the underworld," Hades said looking at the decorations in distaste
Looking around I noticed everything in our area was terrible.
Hearing Mal grunt, I turned to look at her, "I can't see. I want to see it" she then tied to jump to look at behind the 'wall of thorns'
"Here," Ben then putting his hands on her waist lifted her to look at the mess.
"Oh," Mal said looking around "it looks ugly"
Everyone broke into a smile, moving my hand slowly I fixed the decorations making everything more realistic yet child friendly.
For Hades, he had a throne with torches behind him as well as a more cavelike background. The river was big enough to allow a boat with 6 kids to get in, I made the river sparkle. The river also was like a ride allowing them to go around before letting them choose to go to Hades or from the river I had an illusion of a smaller Cerberus may be as tall as Mal.
For my side, I had the wall of thorns up with a castle background. The thorn was moved when someone tried to walk in yet for a coalition were also sought to the touch. The spindle wheel was in the middle of the room with a bed on the side with red roses surrounding the area. Yet before that, there was the illusion of the moors.
"There," said "better?"
"Yes but it's missing something," Hades said
I rolled my eyes, "what?"
"The gemstones" he smirked before snapping his fingers "i am the god of riches", the gemstones he summoned, he placed inside the river and a few on my side along with gold coins, "after all what is a dragon without its riches"
I opened my mouth to give him a snarky response but was cut off.
A raven landed in front of us making its way closer to me, waving my hand. I turned the raven into a man.
Diaval.
"My Lady" he bowed before reporting what he had found, "I searched the cabin, they clearly stayed there but they are now gone, Balthazar said he saw four people tried to enter the moors, the wall of thorns almost opened when a girl with brown hair reached for the wall but it closed on her"
"Audrey." I said, "Does Balthazar know the rest of the people?"
"No, one was a blond man and the other two had their heads covered"
"I see."
"Maleficent, I think they might-"
"Wait." Jay interrupted.
At that moment I noticed everyone had stopped talking and were looking at Diaval and I.
"That's the Diablo? your raven?" Jay asked.
Diaval rolled his eyes, "It's Diaval, not Diablo, just another thing they changed Jay."
"He just turned into a man?" Evie uttered, completely shocked.
"Yes." I opened my mouth to explain pausing for a second but quickly waved my hand making Diaval into a raven.
"Stephan, Leah." I turned around. "Well do come in?"
They were both at the interface of our side, looking around distasteful. It was Leah who answered, "We'd rather not, we're just looking around"
I walked closer to them, Hades not far from me, "I heard your granddaughter was lurking around the moors? She should be careful, there are a lot of people who would want her dead in the moors"
"Are you threatening us?" Stephan asked
Hades wrapped his arms around my shoulders, "No more of a warning after all death is a one-way ticket"
"But it shouldn't matter, after all, it's just a rumor that she was lurking in the moors" I let out a laugh "I mean don't tell me she is such an idiot that she thought the moors would help her" I looked at them again "Unless someone told her it would be a good idea"
Leah paled, "We don't have any idea what you're talking about!"
Stephan glared, "Are you insinuating that we know where she is?"
"Of course not, after all, that could be treason"
Stephan scoffed, "Let's go"
Grabbing her hand he dragged her away pulling.
"Let go." I finally said once they were gone.
"What?" Hades asked, "I thought we were supposed to be together?"
I scoffed, and walked over to the booth, "Don't forget it's an act. A strategy. To show that we are united, they don't need to know the truth"
He smirked, "Why?"
"Because Hades they will try to divide us, if we show unity then we are strong and-"
"And unstoppable"
I turned to face him, "This is serious, they don't like us and will find any excuse to send us back to the Isle."
With another flick of the wrist, I turned Diaval back into a man.
"Now where were we?" I asked looking at the group.
"Umm Diaval a man" Carlos said, shocked.
"Oh that, a few days before I cursed Aurora I saved Diaval from being eaten and he became my most loyal servant"
"Friend." Diaval cut in, "her most loyal friends"
I rolled my eyes, "No you are not"
He turned to look at me, giving me a look "Really? Then why was I the first person you told that you were pregnant with Mal"
Hades finally reaching the group turned to glare at me and Diaval, "Pardon? Did you just say you knew about Mal first?"
Diaval gave him a smirk, "Yes actually"
Beast then interrupted Hades and Diavals glares, "How? The Isle was closed and he was out in Auradon"
Letting out a sigh, I decided to put an end to all the glares being thrown at each other, It was a day when they were bringing new shipments Diaval crossed and I told him"
"How did he know my name?" Jay asked, looking confused.
Diaval let out a smile, "I know all your names, when you first crossed over to Auradon Maleficent asked me to look out for you guys her daughter more specifically."
I turned to glare at him, "Yes I did but you let her fall for the soon to be king!"
"How was I supposed to interfere!" he then pouted, "every single time i got closer they would all scream they had dogs chase me around!"
Hades let out a laugh, "You're scared of dogs?"
I slapped Hades over the head, "Wolves and dogs eat ravens, he was fearing for his life."
Hades looked shocked, "So you're defending him?"
"Yes he's my friend and he found Mal"
"What do you mean?" Ben asked cutting in holding Mal closer to him like he was going to lose her, Mal on the other hand looked confused but smiled when he pulled her closer rubbing her face into his chest.
"Diaval had the guards follow him closer to where Mal was so they could hear her" i turned to look at Divial before looking at Mal, "Divial has always been Mals protector, very similar to when Aurora was a child"
"So did he find anything useful," Hades asked glaring at Diaval
We turned to look at Diaval, who was smirking looking happy that he was pissing off the god of the underworld "Yes actually" He turned to look at me concerned "I think the Audrey might be looking for Uma"
"Uma?" Carlos asked "But we have been trying to find her with no luck. How could she find her before us?"
"The magic mirror." I said looking at Evie "is it in the museum?"
"Yes"
I gave Ben a look and he nodded his head, "I'll have guards patrolling the museum, especially the villains and their magic items."
Before we could discuss anything else, Evie's phone rang, "Oh my gods, we only have 2 hours to get ready!" the girl's eyes widen before looking at Evie "we have to go." All the girls quickly ran back to the castle leaving behind Mal who was still in the arms of Ben, Mal let out a sigh before continuing to cuddle with Ben
"MAL" Evie yelled, making her flinch, Evie then walked closer to Mal pulling her by her hand "let's go! that includes you!"
She let out a groan before walking with Evie back to the castle.
Three hours later every booth had kids and teenagers around. But of course, Hades and I's sections were empty, after all, what parent would want their kids to come near villains after all they could get cursed.
Stepping out of my area I watched the VK's sing a few songs to the younger kids. Jane and Lonnie had even joined the VK's singing songs from their parents.
"Awe you Mawifwien" followed by a tug on my clothes, looking down I saw a little girl dressed in a poofy dress with dyed purple hair and a golden fake tiara. Behind her was a little boy with messy hair dressed like a prince holding a fake sword hearing a crown with a lady who looked like the little girl's mother
"Yes" giving her a look
She gave me a huge smile, "Gweat" she then grabbed my arm pulling me to my booth with the little boy and her mother following close behind.
Stopping right in front of the fake thorn wall she looked at me with a serious look, "I need you to pwove twat we" she pointed to the little boy "is my pwince and twuest wove"
I looked down at the girl, "Oh and why is that?"
She looked straight into my eyes, "Bewause Wena is twing to take wim away sawing we's wer pwince" I raised an eyebrow confused, she gave me an exasperated look, "sooo I weed you to wake me asweep like Awrora so Mawon can wake me up"
I looked at her mother who looked embarrassed but gave me a small smile and nod
I don't know why she trusts me but okay.
"Okay" I took a step back into the hidden fake thorns the girl before I was gone gave me a big smile.
Taking a deep breath I rolled my eyes, "This is pathetic '' clearing my throat I made the thorn wall separate making small thunder appear, a light green fire/ glow behind my eyes along with the rest of my body, and lastly I made my scepter glow.
Soon I had everyone's attention, "Listen well all of you," I walked closer to the little girl who surprisingly seemed to be ready to jump up and down, her prince being held by the little girl's mother.
"This little princess shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep" I curled around the girl who was now actually jumping excitedly "true love kiss is the only thing that will break this curse!"
Everyone around started to gasp murmuring to themselves about the situation, many began to step back in fear. The show the VK's were holding was paused to look at the event.
With a wave of my hand the thorn wall opened revealing the spindle wheel, "Go on '' I pushed the little girl forward as the spindle began to glow with my finger down. I made the little girl's eyes also turn green with a glow making everything more realistic.
This little beasty actually ran to the spindle squinted her eyes but hit the needle, before she fell, I, of course, caught her and laid her on a bed.
I turned to look at the boy, "Do you dare save the princess"
The little boy puffed out his chest holding his fake sword, "Yes"
I turned to the crowd, "This prince challenges me, you are all witnesses! But if he wants to save her, he needs to answer these questions." I turned to look at him kneeling down to his level staring at him, "What is the princess name?"
Without hesitation, he gives me the sappiest smile, "Awtwea."
"What is her favorite color?"
"Pwink"
"What is her favorite food?"
"Strawbewwy"
I continued to stare at him before looking at the little girl's mother, "Are his words true"
She gives me a big smile, "Yes."
I stood up, "Prince you have defeated me," he gave me grin "you may save the princess"
Walking in front of him I led him to the wall of thorns, he looked around in wonder, the lake that I made had fishes swimming around fireflies roaming around, I let the wall remain open for everyone to see, he walked over to the bed but because it was too tall the only thing that the audience could see was his hair, and he could only see her puffy dress that was sticking out.
Turning to look at me raised his hands, "Wan you wift me?"
Rolling my eyes I compiled letting him wrap his tiny arms around my neck and his legs around my waist. I walked closer to her the beasties little face
"Now give her a kiss," I said "Not on the lips on her cheek, she's too young for that" I instructed him on the bed, he leaned down close to her cheek but at the last minute he changed his direction and kissed her lips.
"Oh you little bugger"
The little girl opens her eyes smiling wide hugging her little prince before screaming "I kwe it!", the audience applauded. I rolled my eyes, she would have opened up regardless of who kissed her but I guess letting her believe it is fine.
"Now it's time for your treat, after all, you did receive a trick" I pulled out a basket with a snow globe for her, holding the moment forever, a pink everlasting rose and a pack of chocolate-covered strawberries. For the boy, I pulled out a basket with a dragon action figure that can project the moment a golden coin and a mini chocolate cake.
The little girl and boy squealed, "Twank you Mawfiwent"
"Now let's get you down" both wrapping their arms around me, I carried them down to the little girl's mother who took their baskets from them and thanked me.
After that other kids, as well as teens, wanted to come over, of course, I needed to change the questions and scared many teens. Hades even had a couple of kids his way, mostly boys wanting to get closer to Cerberus and some even taking some jewels which he allowed.
I even heard him tell a kid dressed as a dragon, "Sure take some, after all, what's a dragon without her riches?"
I rolled my eyes before turning to the Vk's some kids were walking around behind the wall of thorns hiding from their parents. Their giggles were loud which of course had three adults in front of the wall of thorns fast. One gave me a smile as a thank you while the other two looked spectacular like I was going to curse their kids any seconds. I opened the wall letting the kids be seen by their parents. The kids let out laughs and giggles one even tried to run before who I'm guessing is his mom caught him.
Soon all the parents had their kids in their arms making their way to leave.
"Miss Maleficent" I turned to look at the same mom who caught her son.
"Yes"
"Is this yours" she turned to look at her son, "show her"
In his tiny hands, he held a beautiful gem, I swallowed, I had thought there was only one.
I blinked my eyes open letting out a small yawn before burying my face into the body next to me. I let out a smile before cuddling closer to him. His arm wrapped around my body tightened pulling me closer to him. I placed a kiss on his chest before turning around so my back was towards him, immediately he moved from his back to his side. He continued to bury his head onto the side neck still more asleep than awake.
I let out a small giggle, "Good morning Aidoneus"
"Mmm Persephone"
I immediately froze.
Persephone?
I swallowed the lump in my throat. Trying to keep my breath even I let out little breaths before finally being able to respond
"Go back to sleep it's still early A-Aidoneus" his name felt so bitter coming out of my mouth.
Letting out a humm of understanding, he moved his head to let it rest on the pillow, kissing the top of my scar from the loss of my wings before falling asleep. His kiss set out pain all over my body just like when Stephan cut my wings.
I blinked back my tears trying to breathe through the pain, Hades didn't seem to notice and in fact, he just pulled me closer. I felt his chest touching my back and I realized how exposed I was. I was naked underneath. I-I needed to get out. Carefully I tried to get his arm off of me but all it did was make him tighten his hold.
I blinked back my tears, "I-uhh" i cleared my throat "A-Aidoneus I need to use the bathroom"
He let out a groan in protest but let me go, "Hurry back."
I got up as quickly as I could before quietly grabbing all my clothes. Changing quickly, I rushed out to the hall when I heard the bed squeaking as Hades moved around. I carefully got out of his cave but not before grabbing a coat hanging on the rack to cover myself with. It was still early so there was barely anyone outside making it easier to go home. The cold wind was nipping at my face, making everything feel more surreal.
Did it mean nothing to him?
Was this a mistake?
Did he use me to forget her?
Once inside I didn't know how to feel. I felt numb. I felt dazed like this was all a bad dream. I clumsily moved to sit on my couch letting out a breath I didn't know I was holding. I ran my fingers through my hair before rubbing my hands anxiously. I looked down at my ring finger. Instantly feeling my stomach twist and turn. Shivers of disgust passed through my body, I tried to rub my arms hoping that it would get rid of the shivers but it seems to make things worse. My nausea got worse and soon I began to gag bad enough that it made me run to the bathroom to throw up.
I stayed down hoping to calm down, I began to tap my fingers on the floor trying to match my breathing to it. Finally calm I heard the tapping sound of metal against the tile floor. The ring was rather simple but he had told me the gemstone was rare and perfect for our love.
He had said it was a rare gemstone that was found right after he had overthrown his father and he had first arrived in the underworld. He had said that not even today he or anyone else had found the gemstone. He said that it was destiny for us to meet and for me to have it because it represents us and our love.
The gemstone itself shifted to different colors, away from the sunlight it was a beautiful blue and green but when hit with the sunlight turned into a reddish-purple with gold specks.
"Uhh Miss" the mom asked again
I shook my head, "Yes it is" i looked at the little boy whose names fascinated by the color-changing gem "But I will let him keep it"
I lifted the little boy's head so he was looking at me, "Hey little booger" he gave me a toothy smile, "this gem is special" he nodded his head "give it to a special girl or boy, okay?" he nodded his head "And if you don't I will curse you" his eyes widened and the mom gasped but before she could leave the boy busted out giggling his high pitch screams making the mom relax.
"Thank you for the gift," the mom said, smiling, which I returned with a nod before she and her soon left, not before he gave me a big wave goodbye.
I tried to stay calm, it was gone. That should be good. I tried to even out my breath. Thankfully my attention was diverted when I heard trumpets being played.
"Oh my gods!" a girl squealed, "It's king Ben and Lady Mal!"
"Oh my!"
"Dam," a guy said, looking at Mal before getting slapped in the back of the head by his date.
It seemed like everyone stopped to watch the king and Mal.
King Ben was wearing a knight's outfit completed all with a sword with the royal symbol of the best castle. Mal was wearing a purple outfit with fake dragon wings and her horns out into the open, her dress was styled to appear like dragon scales.
They walked around greeting everyone, Ben more than Mal of course but she let her magic run free, to entertain the kids, making them giggle. Ben mostly stuck to the talk while Mal gave shy smiles and nods, squeezing Ben's hands if it was too much, which then made him move directions or hold her closer. Making their way to the dance floor they prepared themselves for the dance. Instead of a complicated dance, the King had chosen a slow and steady similar to the waltz to not overwhelm Mal.
I watched from afar as Ben and Mal danced holding each other like they were each other's anchor. I clenched my fist rubbing my thumbs on the sides of both my pointer fingers. They were both in love. That was clear to anyone, but that still didn't stop Mal from getting hurt. It made things worse. She was betrayed by everyone she called family. By her friends. By her soulmate. Love will always be a weakness.
I almost jumped when I felt a warm breath tickle my neck from his proximity, "That could be us you know?"
I rolled my eyes, "That could never be us" I moved away from him
"And why is that?" he asked taking a step forwards
Looking at him without any hesitation i answered him, "Because your heart still only belongs to Persephone"
He opened his mouth to deny the statement but like every time we had this discussion no words came out, I began walking back to the castle.
"Do you think she'll forgive him? Them?" he asked, I stopped walking, "how do you think Mal will react finding out the truth?"
I turned to look at him before moving to look at Ben and Mal who were still dancing "Let's just say...in that scenario I hope she's more like you" as I recalled my betrayal before walking away leaving the party and Hades.
As I continued to walk to the Castle I walked a bit around the garden making every wilting flower grow and I could even reach the castle a guard ran to me out of breath, "the mirror has been stolen along with your spellbook"
"Don't inform the King!" I said before he could tell Ben, he gave me confused look, "Audrey could be heading here inform the other guards but don't act unless you are sure you see her, we don't need to alert or give out information that we know" he nodded his head "Keep my daughter safe"
Before he could respond I transported myself to the museum and of course, the first thing in the display was the spinning wheel. Rolling my eyes I walked in up the stairs to the Villains sections. I stopped to examine the room, everything seemed fine nothing seemed out of place. Walking closer to my display I saw a stand missing my spellbook and even from where I stood I saw that the Evil Queen's mirror was gone. I saw a hair accessory left on the floor, I raised an eyebrow before examining the room. Hmmm take the bait or let it slide I thought Well we are this far so why a second though I kneeled to pick up the accessory I soon as I did it triggered a net to fall onto me. Again with the same trick. I winced as the metal burned my skin taking a slow breath I pushed my wings out to get the iron net off of me. The sound echoed in the room as it fell, taking my statue alongside it. I let out a deep breath, looking down at hands. Using my scepter for the support I was able to get up, my knees still shaky hearing a light step. I quickly turned around but before I could fully react I felt the impact.
The burning was unbearable. I opened my mouth letting out a silent scream as he pulled out the sword from my chest.
He gave me a horrified look, "I-uh-I'm sorry" with his shaky hand he quickly dropped the bloody sword making a run to the exit occasionally looking back while shaking his head, his hand still trembling.
I tried to stay calm, trying to steady my breathing while I put pressure over my wound. Soon my mouth began to fill with a metallic taste, I let out hissing sounds as I tried to inhale and exhale before shifting my body sideways so I wouldn't choke. I stared at the entrance waiting for someone to come in, soon black dots began to fill my vision. My eyes began to flutter close. I tried reaching for scepter with my left hands but the hand seemed so heavy. I felt the blood pour down the side of my mouth, the pain almost seemed to go numb.
I couldn't, I couldn't take it anymore, I let my eyes drop
Hades.
Dang!
surprisingly enough that was one of the hardest chapters I have EVER written I don't know if it got across the character I wan Maleficent to be but ehh.
thank you so much for the reviews I really appreciate them. Sorry I was gone for so long that time away was not planned but with COVID things have been changing in my life.
anyways next chapter is going to rated M. for three reasons
- sexual acts
-drug/ alcohol
-language
this next chapter was also pretty hard and it is in the POV of the queen of mean.
Audrey.
review what chapter POV you want to see.
