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“The Coven would never accept Willow,” Ruby said in a point-blank way. “Whether she was full or part witch. They hated her before she was even born into the world.”
“Why?” Dimitris asked.
“The chair was guaranteed to go to Willow the moment she was born into the world,” Ruby revealed. “Why do you think Viktor was assigned to protect her from her birth?”
“Because I’m an assassin?” Viktor offered the obvious.
Ruby dismissed that comment with a hand flick. “She’s royalty. No offense, but there are far more lethal assassins that could do the deed.”
“What about his association with Roberto?” Saint suggested.
“Regardless of Roberto’s faith in Viktor, he had extra guards watching them until Willow began the outcast process,” Ruby explained. “Master L was the one to bless Willow’s birth. That confirmed that Willow was chosen to take the chair when she reached of age, which should have been when she received her wolf, but since pink moon wolves always awaken on the pink moon, it only made sense for the fateful date to approach before things were set in stone.”
“I don’t get why the Coven is our enemy then,” I confessed. “They’ve been in partnership with you guys for generations and were even funded by your family. If they knew Viktor’s parents were going to bless Willow, which confirms her High Court placement, why make her life a living hell or even try to manipulate her?”
“She was tortured by them, too,” Saint added with sternness. “They were trying to make her a puppet like that girl who was Aurelia’s assistant.”
“Oh ya,” Ruby began and looked to Whitney. “Can you retrieve her body from the ocean? She’s probably not dead. I made sure the bullet missed her heart and trapped her body in a bubble, so she should be alive. Take her to the medical center in Marcy. I don’t want her being near anyone until we can tap into her mind and see how extensive the damage is.”
“Yes, princess!” she declared and bowed at us. “See you all closer to the show.”
She got to work as the clean-up crew finished moving the damaged car.
“Long story short, the Coven’s fortune and all that jazz. It’s all a hoax.”
“WHAT?” all of us exclaimed.
“Wait a minute. That’s impossible. I’ve known Aurelia forever, as has Willow. She’s rich,” Onyx pointed out.
“You’re correct,” Ruby offered. “Aurelia IS rich. Independently. I don't think she realizes it, which is why she’s being dragged along in this. But all her assets and such are solely in her name and not associated with the Coven, the way they make it seem.”
“How do you know that?” Saint inquired.
“That’s on me,” Willow spoke up with a sigh. “Yay. I only feel like I’m semi-dying.”
“With some sleep, you’ll feel better,” Milo advised. “That’s the best I can do.”
“You did amazing,” she praised with a tired smile before glancing our way - particularly looking at Onyx. “Remember when we were kids and we decided to open that fool’s bank account where it showed me as the owner and Aurelia as the beneficiary?”
“Yes,” Onyx answered with an added bob of his head. “You guys made that when you were dating as a joke.”
“Right,” she replied. “Well, remember how Aurelia had to take control of that herbal shop unexpectedly? The one that mostly burned down, but then Aurelia took all the previous clients and made her small business, which is now one of her few medical companies?”
“Yes.”
“Well, the money was connected to go into that account.”
“Okay?” Onyx wasn’t following.
“The Coven doesn’t have access to that account,” Willow elaborated. “The money Aurelia always uses is the allowance given by the Coven since it was in her parent's will when they died.”
“You’re trying to say that she only relies on the Coven’s income meaning all the money from her established companies is in the other account under your name.”
“Well, it’ll be in my name until the new year,” Willow revealed. “I requested that in ten years, the account would go to the beneficiary. Which will begin in the new year.”
They were all speechless while Ruby began to laugh.
“And the grand reveal,” Ruby squealed in delight. “The royal family finances ninety percent of the Coven’s activities.”
