The Queen || ✔

Chapter 31: King's Sister

Hera

We all looked in the direction of the strong voice that had resounded and I immediately became anxious. My mother and this woman in the same room was definitely not a good combination.

"Well then if my dear queen calls me a bully, then a bully I shall be." My aunt said with a huge grin on her face, making my mother's face twist in disgust.

"Estelle..." Blade said, reaching out for her, but my aunt pushed him away and walked towards my mother with an even bigger grin on her face.

My aunt, no matter the differences, dressed exactly like my mother. Classy, designer made and expensive. She was dressed in a black lace undergarment, a black two piece suit and black heels with her natural afro tamed into a bun.

My aunt crossed her arms against her chest and leaned into her hip, while also tilting her head slightly to her left. She looked almost as though she was trying to read my mother.

My mother took a step forward, leaving the two at an arm's length, and also crossed her arms in front of her, leaned into her hip and tilted her head to the side. Only that she did it more gracefully, making everyone chuckle and making my aunt click her tongue.

"Claudia... I'm gonna cut the crap. I have a meeting with a news channel in Germany, breakfast with my director tomorrow morning and I still need to attend an important board meeting about expanding the company to Asia and instead of taking care of all of that, I was forced on a plane against my own will and told that my brother had suddenly lost his mind. Care to explain?" Aunt Estelle said blankly, making my mother roll her eyes.

"Stop the attitude Claudia, explain yourself." My aunt demanded, but my mother only shook her head.

"Still the same, aren't you?" My mother asked, confusing me in the process.

"Claudia..."

"Shut up." My mother said blatantly, making everyone freeze. I opened my mouth wide in disbelief, but then again, I knew my mother well. She didn't take any bullshit.

"Just sit still and shut the hell up. For all of our sakes. I need you to just stay in the background. I'll deal with everything." My mother said in her emotionless tone.

My aunt snarled and took another step forward, leaving the two woman too close for comfort.

My aunt opened her mouth to say something, but my mom put her finger up to shut her up.

"Estelle... I have ninety-nine problems and you are not going to be one. I don't care about your meetings and dates with your board members or even the fact that you want to give biased crap, which you call news, out to very unfortunate Asian people. I couldn't even give a damn even if I tried. What I want you to do is shut your face hole and sit down like the pretty little Miss King your are."

"Claudia, my business means everything to me!" My aunt screamed out sounding childish. My mother rolled her eyes and pushed her way past Aunt Estelle.

"What does that have to do with anything?" My mother smirked while Blade closed the door behind her.

My brothers all bursted into laughter while Athena giggled to herself. I couldn't even find any of that funny because all I could think about was my grandmother, aunts and cousins.