MARIE’S THREATS

Cherry loooed over at Marie as she stood towering over her.

"What were you thinking?" Marie demanded.

"I needed to get rid of Aurora." Cherry eventually opened up. "She was going to find out that Jasmine was a member of the royal family. She would have told Xaden about where she came from and how she was not Luna Maria's wife. And you know Xaden. Xaden would have dug deeper. He would have discovered the entire truth and then it would have been the end. He would have discovered her mother everything would have come to the Open."

"So bloody what?" Marie asked as she gently put her fingers against her chin and held it tightly.

Cherry felt her teeth grind in pain as she tied her best to suppress how she felt.

"I was the one who put you on. Everything you have is because of me." Marie said. "I told you when it was time to collect I would. Do not forget that I am more powerful than you are. And I would be the most powerful that you have ever met."