A Royal Rescue

Jesus Needs to Take the Wheel

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Roman stood nervously with the others in front of the castle, ready to greet a visitor. Everyone had a false smile to please the guests, except for Remus who was actually happy to see the younger guests.

The carriage pulled up and Roman wished he could hide in his room with Virgil as they climbed out.

Virgil could already tell their visit would be draining. Roman already told him about her when Remus ran in screaming about the visit. Their aunt Karen would be visiting and her name is very fitting. She had the haircut and sunglasses to match.

"Karen!" Thomas opened his arms to hug her.

"Tommy!" she smiled and gave him a quick hug.

"It's so good to see you." Virgil and Logan could tell he was lying through his teeth.

"Big brother Rem!" three little kids ran out of the carriage and tackled Remus. Janus smiled at them, thinking that it was an adorable sight.

There were two girls and one little boy, the oldest was a girl with pigtails and a flower dress who looked maybe 10. Then an 8 year old girl with her hair down and is also wearing a flower dress. Then there was a 6 year boy who wore shorts and a normal t-shirt.

"Hey ya little devils!" Remus laughed on the ground.

"Get up off the ground," Karen snapped, "You're going to get dirty."

"They're fine. Besides, there is barely any dirt here! It's a stone path."

Karen rolled her eyes and huffed.

Logan stepped forward and held out his hands, "Hello Queen Miller, I am Logan Croft."

"Oh, you must be the adoptive father of that witch I heard about. I hope you raised him to behave."

Roman could swear Logan's eye twitched for a second as he continued to smile.

"Yes, he has always been a good child," Logan told her.

"That's surprising, witches are the worst and he's gay. He doesn't deserve to date my nephew."

"It's very nice to meet you, Mrs. Miller," Virgil stepped up before Logan could snap, "My name is Virgil Croft."

Karen glanced at him and sneered in disgust. Roman felt guilty and put his hand on Virgil's shoulder.

"Virgil is a very good kid," Thomas told her, "Very smart and strong, he's very kind to everyone here."

"I don't know, he's a witch."

"Well what's wrong with that?" Roman asked.

"Oh you wouldn't know, you're too young and pure."

"I know that Virgil is very brave, he helped save Remus when he was kidnapped."

"Whatever, let's head inside. I would like some lemonade. Maids, take our things to our rooms."

Roman felt frustrated that she wouldn't listen, but what was new? She treated Janus the same way when she first met him.

Janus quickly learned to ignore her. Virgil however, had something different in mind.

Roman felt Virgil take his hand and turned to him, he was shocked to see Virgil smiling after hearing what his aunt said about him.

They followed Karen through the halls as she walked around like she owned the place.

Virgil smiled as they passed the doors to the garden and said loudly, "Hey babe, do you want to hang out with me in the garden?"

"Uh, sure," Roman replied.