Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Ruined (3)

Ruby was glad she was present so Trevor wouldn’t ruin her plans. "Selene doesn’t like to believe me that this has all been sorted out. I know it must sting that your father passed on his belongings to a man who could run this home instead of you but you must accept it."

"How would you have run this home? You’re twice married. It is evident you aren’t good at making decisions," said Ruby.

Ruby turned to Xavier who did not hide his anger. "Forgive me, Lord Blackthorn but as an outsider, it is easy to see Selene as the victim. I tried to help her when I first came but she lashed out at me."

"She lost her parents and at the time, must have had to face what was said by our kind alone with no one to offer her a shoulder. Imagine how excited she would have been to see her family rush to the home but then realise they had only come to see what they could get. Have you ever thought of that?" Xavier asked.

Ruby licked her lips, her small fangs almost cutting her. "The house was in ruin because of what they did. We came to help."

"You came and started to look through the rooms, pulling out what belonged to my mother to keep for yourself. At the time when I was grieving, I had to face all of you. None of you knew how tired I was then. How broken I was to be the one to bury my parents. Only my maids were by my side," Selene said, her anger starting to get the best of her.

Her relatives came at a weak point in her life when she didn’t have it in her to fight anyone. In the end, Selene spent that night sitting by her parents’ graves, trying to decide what to do with her life as the daughter of the people called traitors.

"We tried to help you as best as we could. We could have turned our backs on you but you didn’t. Trevor was kind to make the offer to let you stay here-"

"This home belongs to her," Xavier spoke over Ruby.

Ruby smiled. "I’m afraid it does not."

Xavier smiled as well. "I am wondering which fool in the court helped you to forge something to claim this house. It will be wonderful for me to track them down and kill them. It shouldn’t take long to find out who it is."

"I’ve been forced to be in the palace court far more than I wanted to but there was some good in it. I know the laws from top to bottom and it’s easy for people of this town to think the same laws for humans apply to vampires. It does not. A home such as this one does not need a male heir to inherit it," Xavier shared.

"That’s not true. I saw the paper myself," Trevor tried to argue.

Xavier looked to Ruby as the mastermind behind this. "You’re probably the one who found someone to use in the court. Since her parents were named traitors, you probably thought no one would come to Selene’s side to look into what you did. Once your scheme has been exposed, you will need to start gathering what you sold or kept for yourself. Start now."

Selene paid close attention to her aunt and cousin’s face. Her aunt didn’t react to what Xavier said but Trevor did. It had to be so since he had the most to lose. A house like this would attract a good bride. If he lost it, then his marriage might be affected.

"You can look all you want, Lord Blackthorn. You will not find anything to suggest there was foul play in inheriting this home. Your father didn’t care for you as much as you think, Selene. He couldn’t have since no father who loved his daughter would make her the daughter of a traitor," said Ruby.

"My father isn’t a traitor," Selene argued.

Xavier held Selene’s hand to keep her calm. "There must be something here belonging to her parents that you can offer her. Old portraits, journals, or old clothes."

’I wish there was something but we got rid of all of it. Why would we keep anything belonging to two people who sullied the family name?" Ruby asked.