A/N- Wassup? It be TOBN here with a new chapter of The Royals!

I suppose last chapter really got you going, huh? Samantha is dead [For real!], and so is Ethan...? Well, I left you on a little cliffhanger with the whole Ross and the little confrontation! It looks like you are getting a double secret here, aren't I? Jokes! I hope you are okay with that! This chapter is going to get a little woozy, with some new discoveries and some new revelations. But how will this go on? I guess you are going to have to find out!

Shoutouts to...

123456789vampire- Yup! You were right, my friend. But you know I had to keep it a secret, unless you wanted me to spoil the whole book for you! Jokes! And I hope Ethan isn't dead! Because that would really suck, now would it? Jokes! Thanks for your review!

MBAV fan66- Yup! I am pretty proud of what I did there. It was totally awesome. How arrogant I am being right now, huh? Jokes! And I see you are picking up clues like they were money on the ground, am I right? Jokes! And I guess you are going to have to wait to see what Ethan and Benny's conditions are! Don't worry; this is going faster now. I hope enjoy this, my fanfic buddy! And thanks for your review as always ;)

And with that, here is yet another suspenseful edition of The Royals! I hope you enjoy it!

ENJOY!

The Royals: Chapter 13: Liar Liar, Pants On Fire

Ross stammered at the sight of teens that were in front of his eyes. Jane snickered as she leaned against the metal bars and looked at the King with mischief in her eyes. Rory, Sarah, Erica and Tobias stared at Jane, who smiled.

"Well, do go on, pops." She said, clicking her tongue. "I wanna hear how this goes down." She said rather rudely, if you ask Ross. Sarah's eyes boggled as she looked at the King in complete and utter shock.

"R-Ross? Is this...is this your daughter?" She said in shock. Ross narrowed his eyes at Rory. "How did you find out about this place, Rory? You shouldn't even be in my study! What do you have to say for yourself?!" He roared. Rory snapped back as he stood towards his father in outrage.

"What do you mean?! How about you father?! Keeping her in here for over twelve years?! She told me everything on what you did to her. Now you are going to have to explain what everything is, and what lies have you been telling us for a long, long time." He sneered. Ross was taken back by the sudden rage in his son's eyes as he stepped back; this was an argument he wouldn't win.

"Son, there is a lot of explaining to do, but I would rather-" Tobias suddenly snapped as well as he stepped alongside the blonde prince. He growled.

"Save it, Ross. Hell right there is a lot to explain. But you are explaining it now." He said with a gnarl. Ross seemed to have given up as he leaned against the wall, sighing as he ran his fingers through his frazzled hair.

"It was after Benny was...born." He said, choosing his words carefully. "Your mother wanted a girl so badly, and she was so so upset that she conceived three boys, but no girls. She...she threatened me that if I didn't fix this whole 'girl fiasco', she would leave me. And I couldn't rule this kingdom alone. Your mother was the bad guy, son." He said, looking at Rory.

"Your mother was the villain. I never fully understood that until...today." He said, looking at Rory with sad eyes. "Please, son. You have to forgive me. I am sorry." He said earnestly. Rory turned away from his father's sight and stared at the ground.

"How did you get a girl? Adoption? Something else?" He said in confusion. Erica stood by her man's side, but still keeping a small distance. "Mr. Morgan? I feel like you are hiding something so dark. Why don't you tell us?" She said slyly, looking for answers. Ross sighed as he looked at Jane and groaned, rubbing his temples.

"Okay...she was...Jane...she was magically created." He admitted. Rory, Erica and Sarah's eyes widened as Tobias turned away slightly. "How?" Rory whispered. "How did you magically create a baby, and make it become a girl?!" He almost yelled. Ross stepped back.

"I went to a...girl. A special women, who specializes in spells and magic. Yes, I know you think this would be fake, but you know, after seeing Benny's...powers, if you will, I was scared as hell." Erica shook her head in disbelief; it had seemed as if she were hiding a few things of her own.

"What does that have anything to do with that?" She said, clearly getting annoyed with the stalling of the King. Ross looked at Erica with steely eyes of cold ice. He growled, clearly getting angrier by the second.

"You just wait, okay?" He snapped. Rory looked at his father in fury as he pulled Erica back a bit. Ross took a breath. "I am sorry, Lady Erica. I...I am pressured right now. I am admitting everything, and I want to do it properly. Alright?" He said, straining to keep his anger in tact.

"As I was saying, after seeing Benny's powers, it reminded me how wrong magic was. Magic is terrible in many ways, and-" Tobias cut him off.

"I hate to interrupt, but Erica was right. You are stalling. What does 'magic' have to with anything? Who was that 'special girl'?" He said bluntly. Ross sighed as he circled the teens, and paced the floors of the old dungeon.

"She was an...enchantress, of some sort. A Earth Priestess. And all that mattered was that there was a spell that could conceive a girl. At the time, I would've done anything to get a girl, so I agreed to let her make the baby. She used sapphires for her eyes...soft and yellow flowers for her hair...snow for her pale and delicate skin. She made Jane. And she made me swear that I would never tell anyone about this. So I didn't." He confessed.

Tobias, Sarah, Rory and Erica looked at Jane in awe. Jane turned away, snarling.

"I knew it." She whispered. She then banged at the iron bars, trying to claw at Ross in some way.

"You LIED to me, all these years! I TRUSTED YOU! And I knew that it was too good to be true. Am I a princess? AM I YOUR DAUGHTER?!" She yelled, tears down her eyes. Ross looked away from the girl, who wiped the sticky tears from her eyes.

"I am sorry, Jane." He whispered. Jane growled as Rory looked at his dad in disgust. Jane paced her cell as she looked at Ross with disbelieving eyes and Ross felt sweat down his back. He looked at Jane with a matching glare, and Jane just smiled through her wet tears and said each word very carefully.

"Liar, liar. Pants. On. Fire" She said, saying each letter clearly, making her statement be heard. Ross gulped as Rory, Sarah, Erica and Tobias stared at the king, then at Jane. Rory looked at his dad in grave confusion, mixed with fury.

"What more lies do you have, father. Or maybe, you aren't even my father! Maybe, I WAS ADOPTED!"

The room went silence once Rory had screamed. Ross looked at his son in horror, of both the revelation, and the sudden anger that fired through his son. He stared at him and looked at him in complete shock.

"Where...did...you...hear that?" He whispered, trying to keep calm. Rory dug his hands in his pockets as he felt stares from all around the room. He sighed.

"I have been picking up on things, father. Or should I call you, Ross. Just Ross." Ross was speechless, and without words as Sarah couldn't take it anymore and ran out of the dungeon, up the stairs and all the way back.

Rory looked at Sarah's departure, and he groaned, going after her, tears down his eyes. Tobias stared at Ross for a few good seconds, and then ran back to find his friends.

Now it was just Jane, Erica and Ross. Jane decided to go asleep, so then it was just Erica and Ross. Ross gave Erica steely eyes as he growled, nearly wanting to pound her to a wall. He sneered at the blonde maid, who just looked away mysteriously.

"Look what you've done to my family." He sneered. "What do you have to say for yourself, you bitch." He cursed. Erica checked her nails as she looked at Ross and they locked stares. She sighed as she turned away again.

"I...She hid more from me than you." She whispered, a single tear rolling down her cheeks. Ross growled.

"What do you mean?!" He almost yelled. "I only hired you because your so called master threatened me if I didn't. She threatened to spill it all if I didn't hire you. She told me that she just wanted you to find a job, which I had a feeling was a lie. I hired you anyway, you looking like a beautiful worker, not knowing why she wanted me to hire you so bad. I told so many lies because of you. I just didn't know the intentions you had. I thought you were some innocent girl. But now I know who you really are, you bastard. You're fired." He gritted out lowly. Erica stepped back a bit as she looked down.

"And I don't EVER want to see you again. Go back to your boss, and tell her that it's over. I am crumbling anyway. Everything I want, everything I worked for, it's gone. And you can tell her that if she doesn't knock it off, I will knock her out. Out of everything. Like she stole everything from me, I will steal everything from her." Ross circled the sobbing Erica.

"Yes, your majesty." She mumbled. Ross grabbed her arm and pulled her close, close enough so that she'd have to stare into his eyes. He growled as he stared at her deeply, his stare frightening the blonde.

"Pack up, Jones. You leave by tomorrow's morn." He ordered. "You don't do that, I will personally kick you out. You are so lucky I am letting you go with your possessions. If I were in my right mind, I would burn them. What 'enchantments' might they hold, no?" He said, pushing her back as she stumbled up the stairs.

"You disgust me." He growled through his teeth. "Get out of my sight."

Erica nodded feebly as she ran up the stairs and to her room, tears down her eyes.

Now Ross was alone.

He felt tempted to yell and scream in fury, but he knew that it might wake up Jane. He was surprised how she was still sleeping. He sighed as he stared at his daughter, a whole lot of lies still buried deep in him.

He sighed as he walked up the stairs and closed the dungeon, growling as he went to his empty room.

He had lost everything.

...

Meanwhile, in the depths and darkness of the dungeon, Jane heard the door close. Her eyes fluttered open, and she frowned.

She heard everything.

Sarah was in the hospital wing, sitting outside Ethan's room. She hadn't heard from any of the doctors since she heard the flat line for Ethan. Or at least, she thought it was Ethan. She just didn't know anymore.

She had stayed here overnight, not bearing to hear the secrets of the King any longer. Her parents were aware of what was happening in the kingdom, and had requested that they take the nearest carriage to the Morgan Kingdom. They'd be there in two days time, since there were errands to run in their kingdom. But Sarah said no to them; she didn't want them here. Not now. They obviously accepted her request, but wanted an update every day.

Suddenly, a scratchy voice was heard from behind the doors of Ethan's silent room. She gasped.

"They meet in the midst of all the trees, their laughter in...the...wind.." The voice whispered, but the words were very clear to Sarah. She gasped as she rushed into his room, her eyes widening as she looked at the eyes of an awaken boy.

"E-Ethan..." She said, tears down her eyes as she ran up to him. Ethan, who's eyes were barely opened, nodded.

"They...mustn't let their love be...seen...the life they known, so far...behind." He said, taking deep breaths as his eyes began to close. Sarah shook her head as she stroked his hair out of his eyes. Her eyes widened.

"I heard...the machine let out a beep...why...what...how are you alive?" She breathed out, the words feeling so good in her mouth. Ethan just blinked a few times and sighed as he started to zone out.

"Guy...next room...died. I share...a...room. He was...janitor." He managed to say, pointing to the other door in the room. Sarah sighed in relief; Ethan's heart didn't stop. It was the other guy's heart. As sad as it was, Sarah was happy Ethan was alive. She frowned though.

"You started to jerk around...what happened, Ethan? Why did they take me out of there?" Ethan sighed as his world became fuzzy.

"Dr...H-Havoc...d-drug...me..."

And he closed his eyes, letting the drugs take him away.

Sarah stared at Ethan's unconscious body in shock, hearing his steady heart beat and pulse on the monitor. She couldn't believe it.

That was when she made the connection.

Dr. Havoc was the one in charge of Samantha's surgery, and was the only one who told Ross about the miscarriage. But it wasn't right.

She sneaked into the front desk when no one was there, and flipped through the hospital files until she found Samantha's. She stared at it in shock as her eyes ran back and forth across the paper. She gasped.

The Queen died of drug abuse.

"Miss. Fox" A voice from behind echoed at her.

She turned around and saw Dr. Havoc himself, standing at the front desk. He narrowed his eyes. "What are you doing here?" He said at the other princess. She growled as she threw the papers at him, nearly slapping him with the records.

"What the hell did you do to Samantha?!" She growled, going to the other side of the desk and practically pounding the doctor onto the wall. She hissed at the doctor, who was sweating now as he looked into her eyes.

"W-What do you mean?" He said with a stutter. Sarah showed him the records.

"She didn't only die from blood loss. She also died because she was abused with morphine and other fucking drugs. What did you do?! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" She roared. The doctor gently pushed her off as he rose his hands in innocence.

"I swear, I don't know how-" Sarah didn't believe it.

"Save it, asshole." She swore. "You drugged Ethan too. He is alive. And he told me. What the hell are you?!" She said in disgust. The doctor was beyond terrified now, as Ross rushed in the hospital wings.

"I heard stuff going on here, and I brought the guards. What is the meaning of this?" Ross asked. He saw Sarah's tears, and Ross looked at Dr. Havoc, then at the hospital files in Sarah's hand. He gulped; they had found out everything.

"Doctor, what is going on here?" He commanded an answer. Sarah didn't let him talk as she slapped the papers onto Ross' hands.

"He killed the Queen. Then he drugged Ethan. He is a murderer, Ross! HE IS A KILLER!" She yelled. The doctor lowered his eyes.

"She told me to do it! She made me do everything!" He ranted, but it was too late as guards flooded in and took the poor man away. Sarah and Tobias looked at Ross in confusion, as Rory suddenly stormed into the hospital and bolted towards Ross. He narrowed his eyes at him, then Ross saw Erica follow him. His eyes widened.

"What is she doing here?!" He yelled. "We talked about this yesterday, she should be gone."

Rory then slapped Ross. Hard.

"What the hell, Ross." He gritted out, making Ross rub his cheek in pain. "What was the meaning of that, Rory?!" He yelled. Rory pointed at a crying Erica.

"What the hell did you say to her?! Why the hell was she in the forest, alone?!" Ross looked at Erica. "You came back?!" He roared at the blonde maid. Erica whimpered as Rory pulled her away.

"Why was she in the forest, Ross. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY TO HER?!"

Ross was about to say something, when Tobias entered, a paper in his hands. He looked at Ross in shock as he turned away.

"What the hell is this" He glared at him, smacking the letter on his hands. Ross looked at it in shock as Tobias looked at Ross in fury. "Where the hell is my boyfriend?! WHERE IS BENJAMIN?!" He yelled, his angered voice echoing the hospital wing. Ross stared at the letter, everyone peering to see what it said.

She told me everything you said to her. Touche, Morgan.

Let me let you know, that if you threaten me again, I will make sure it is my number one priority to kill Benjamin. Or maybe, I'll just keep him here forever. You'll never find me. Ever. So don't you try to even bring me down.

Fire spreads, your majesty. And the fire on your liar pants, are burning fast.

~Evelyn

"Tell the truth, dad." A young voice pipped up from behind.

Everyone turned around to see a girl, dusty blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes. Ross nearly fainted at the sight as his eyes widened.

"J-Jane?" He sputtered. Jane smiled as she took slow, meaningful steps towards his dad.

"Tell the truth before the fire spreads." She whispered

A/N- BOOM! I just did that folks.

So Ethan is alive! And Erica has stuff to hide? Rory is beyond angry, Tobias is getting pissed, Jane is out (?!), and Ross is holding a bag of secrets, that he is being forced to drop. And Evelyn has something to do with this? I know some of you had your hunches.

But what exactly is happening in this family? What will happen next? Tune in next time, for the next chapter of The Royals.

In the meanwhile, drop a review, and thanks for reading!

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