45 The prince of death

To chortle in the presence of Esong Wu and the seventh prince was not just embarrassing, it was frowned upon. The leader of those who were frowning was none other than her mother.

In the battle of Scarlet vs proper decorum and social cues, the latter were losing.

"Sorry, Adler's elbow hit me in the ribs." she lied.

"Oh," the Seventh prince replied, pretending that he was shocked. "That explains it. For a minute I was worried that you did not consider us family."

He was speaking with a smile on his face but pale icy blue eyes were saying 'I dare you to defy me.'

"That's impossible." Mega came to her daughter's rescue. "Scarlet is Esong's wife and you are his brother so of course we are all family." She stood up and walked toward Scarlet and forced her to stand up. Then she looked at Markay and Esong and she said, "Which is why we should never allow our family to starve. We will be in the kitchen preparing dinner."