The-Wrong-Bride-Ares--Raven’s-story-(Maura,-Catharina)_bibis

Chapter Sixty-Seven
RAVEN
I watch as Alanna jokes around with Sierra and Valentina, my heart full. Luca, Zane, Lex, Sierra and
Valentina have been staying here with me, much to Alanna’s delight and Silas’s annoyance.
Valentina and Sierra have been taking turns sleeping next to me, ensuring I don’t get caught in a
downward spiral caused by social media. Though truth be told, there isn’t much being shared
anymore. Ares’s plea worked, and people massively took down their posts. It sparked discussions
about cyber bullying and the mental health of celebrities, but while that topic is on people’s minds, so
are we.
“Raven,” Alanna calls.
I walk up to her, and she frowns as she pulls their security feed up on the TV. It shows Ares
walking into the building, and my eyes widen.
Silas groans and grits his teeth. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t my least favorite Windsor.”
Alanna and I stare at him wide-eyed as he calls the police and requests that Ares be removed. He
turns to me then, his jaw clenched. “You’re not walking out of this house unless you choose to. I won’t
let him pressure you. You take all the time you need to make up your mind.”
Luca walks up to me and throws his arm around me. “Agreed,” he says. I lean into him, my heart
overflowing. One of the things I feared most was losing the family I gained when I married Ares, but
they’ve made it clear that they’ll stick with me, no matter what.
“I’m not sure calling the police was warranted,” I say carefully.
Lex narrows his eyes at me. “Of course it was. There’s no way Ares would leave otherwise, and
you’d cave.”
We all watch as the police asks him to leave. Ares walks out, and I tense, tempted to follow him.
I’ve done my best to assess whether I should leave or stay, but I’m as confused as ever. We may have
been able to get the media off my back, but that only solves one problem. There’s still Hannah, and
the child they’re having together.
“Fucking hell,” Zane says, pointing at the screen.
I glance at it to find Ares walking back in, the Mayor by his side, and something that looks an
awful lot like a pop-up tent in his arms. He seems to be chatting happily with the Mayor, who helps
him set up a tent in the middle of Silas’s lobby.