Chapter 52: Get Them Out
(Author's POV)
Eleanor leaned toward Phineas, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Are these people descendants of that illegitimate branch?"
Phineas gave a single, quiet nod.
Eleanor's expression tightened. She looked genuinely puzzled. "But Serena was the one who brought them in."
Across the room, Serena had already gone pale. Her mouth opened before her brain caught up.
"I didn't know they were going to-"
One look from Arthur stopped her cold. The sentence died in her throat. She shut her mouth and looked away, her face burning.
*Sienna, you absolute disaster of a human being. I am never answering your calls again.*
The standoff held for a suspended moment - and then the banquet hall doors burst open.
Jasper's household butler stumbled in, re
