PATRICIA’S POV

“I asked Mama Ruth to take care of everything and I am sure there are all going to be well taken care of” I replied to my husband, beta Tim’s interrogation.

He called for a family meeting to discuss how the plans for the event for the next two days are going. And we are all gathered in his chambers, me, Dawn, Sam, Carl, and Hedrick except, of course, Scarlet.

There was no need to have her in this meeting as there would be nothing meaningful from her. In fact, we don’t involve her in our family discussions. We have never considered her as one of us and...