The Queen || ✔

Chapter 1: Meet The Queen

Claudia

I hated Jeremy, my daughter's boyfriend. Athena loved him, he made her laugh and he treated her as he should like the princess she was. I was supposed to be happy for her, but I couldn't.

He was loud and irritating, questioning, overly ambitious, had too many tattoos, he always asked for a bottle of my husband's most expensive cognacs or whiskies when he was over for dinner, he had a stupid laugh, stupid sense of humour, stupid career path and he was stupid himself. I didn't care if Athena found him lovely and worthy, he made me sick and he needed to be dealt with.

"Ma, he's nice." She pleaded. I had walked in on her and Jeremy kissing on my Italian furniture. He fled the minute he saw me. And who wouldn't?

I, Queen Claudia King, was not one to mess with.

I once had an altercation with Jeremy, it was absolutely unbearable. The bastard was talking about how sexy Athena was on the phone with one of his friends. I almost skinned his pale skin off, but chose to compose myself. I knew that if I had done anything, Athena would have never forgiven me. I cringed at the thought of the punk on top of my daughter.

"Yes, he's also stupid and ignorant." I spoke with my thick velvet voice.

"Yes... and he's nice." She repeated, flipping her now short blonde hair. She loved to play around with her hair.

"He's a piece of shit and you need to dump him." I bluntly demanded, making sure to sound as intimidating as possible.

I wanted so badly for her to understand where I was coming from with all of my thoughts on Jeremy, but Athena only disagreed and defended the fool. He wasn't worthy of her at all, he was a weak coward who would do nothing else but harm her in the future.

I stood there, basking in the disgusted thoughts which were lingering in my mind about Jeremy, I didn't realise that Athena had now taken a step closer towards me. Her words that had come thereafter had really surprised me.

"Firstly... nice way of describing my first love..." she tilted her head to the side and smiled patronisingly at me, "...and secondly, I don't need to do anything." Athena spoke bluntly as she stood crossing her arms across her chest and squinted her eyes.

Athena of all people should've known better than to challenge me. She was my daughter, she was inside of me. Breathing the same air as me, eating the same food as me and living in the same body as mine for a whole nine months. She of all people should've known that Queen Claudia King never backed away from a challenge. Especially when I was already fired up.

I was not going to spare that Jeremy. It was obvious that he was the reason for Athena's defiance and I had known since the beginning that Jeremy would be a thorn in my ass. I stayed quiet, hoping for some self-control, but now he would regret messing with my family.

"You love the wrong person." I said to her, making sure to glare at her angrily, portraying my annoyance. I had always expressed my disapproval towards Jeremy at any given chance, evidently, but Athena always shook me off.

"Yes... I love you." Athena said with no remorse in her tone, and walked away looking extremely frustrated.

Something in her tone, in the way her words just slurred out of her mouth so nonchalantly made my blood boil. I couldn't believe that she said that, my daughter grew such a strong gut that she was too blinded by her fake love to realise that she had now pushed my buttons.