Chapter 318: Deanne stands up for herself.
Meanwhile, on the Thorin estate, East was playing another tune, tension related still. Sigrid was dozing off in the
chair, snoring softly, her faced covered with newspapers. Christie was texting Orpheus, smiling like blooming
flower that upon whose petals a magical rain had visited. Mauve and three maids were cooking. Her face was
content as she was doing what she loved to do best.
Inside the house, it was not all peaceful. In a rare occurrence, Deanne was facing off against her mother Lady
Ivory and their voices were loud enough to be heard by everyone in the front yard.
"You are an ungrateful fool. All | am doing is to help you but you are so blind to it. Your sister-in-law is the crown
princess and yet when positions of power were being assigned to women she did not consider you. Why didn’t
you assert yourself? Have | taught you nothing you wretched girl. You are a pathetic excuse for a daughter. Even
your husband is lazy. He is a fool. A pathetic loser who cannot reach for the power within his grasp." Lady Ivory
exploded. Each one of her insults rang louder that the next.
Nathaniel was outside the doors with his parents and grandparents. His valet was holding him back forcefully to
keep him from heading inside and beating his mother-in-law into a pulp.
He was not the only one whose blood had turned to fire. All the eavesdropping Thorin’s and Deanne herself was
feeling the same.
Deanne kicked a small table, forcing it to overturn. "You will not speak of my husband with such disrespect."
"Or what?" Lady Ivory smirked. "Or you will kicklike you kicked that table. Have they taught you nothing
here but the behaviors of a barbarian? Have you forgotten why you were married into this family?"
The eavesdroppers froze, curious to know the next statement out of Lady Ivory’s mouth. Nathaniel and Deanne
were a love match. It never crossed anyone's mind that there was trickery of ssort involved.
Nathaniel was already imagining the worst, hurt flickered in his eyes. Lady Ivory’s visit had been stressing him
and his wife and it seemed like they had cto a breaking point.
"You were supposed to use the resources, connections and wealth of the Thorin family to help your brothers
advance in the royal court." Lady Ivory growled out. "What have you done for them since you married?"
"What have they done for themselves?" Deanne screamed at her mother in anger. "I married my husband
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbecause | fell in love with him. Right from the beginning, | never had any plans of using his or his family in any
way. | only let you think that | was on board with your plan because it was the only way you would letmarry
him. If you knew the truth, you would have soldoff to the next highest noble bidder to fulfill your selfish
needs."
A slap landed on Deanne’s cheek.
The sound stunned those outside. Nathaniel started to struggle with his valet. He was going inside, the
consequences be damned. As he pushed his way in, he froze because of his wife's word.
"Leave."
He assumed that she was talking to him, as did Lady Ivory and everyone else. But, they were proven wrong
quickly.
"Leave, mother and never return."
Lady Ivory blinked. "Excuse me?"
Deanne clenched her hands. "This is my hnow, the hof my husband. It is our home, not yours. | am his
wife, not your child to command and manipulate. You will not insult the man I love, the crown princess and my
Thorin family in our own house."
Lady Ivory sneered. "Have you lost your mind girl? You would throwout?"
Deanne’s voice and gaze did not waver. "I would. And | am. Get out right now. | will have your luggage packed
and sent out to you outside the gate. You are not welchere and you will never know my son or any other
children | birth. I will never set foot on Stornhill again and you can tell my father and brothers that when you
return."
The tic proclamation hung in the air. Silence dragged on for a moment too long. Nothing moved and
nobody spoke. Then, with much anger, Lady Ivory picked up her cloak and threw it over her shoulders with a
tic flourish.
"You will regret this. Love is a waste of time, | tried to teach you this many times but you always had your head
in the clouds. | should have known that you would not amount to much." She spat.
But Deanne only lifted her chin in defiance.
Lady Ivory marched out of the living room, shooting Nathaniel a glare when she passed by him. Without a word
to anyone, she stepped out into the yard and ordered one of her maids to fetch one of her carriages.
The doors to the living room were closed, giving Nathaniel and Deanne complete privacy. He saw that her
shoulders were shaking and so he rushed to her and hugged her tightly.
He never thought that Lady Ivory was not just cruel to others but she was also cruel to her own daughter. Then
again, he had never spent too much twith the woman.
"It will be okay." He whispered to her.
"What do I do Nathan, | just cut myself off from my family." She cried sadly.
"You haveand Thor. You have my parents, grandparents, brothers and my sister. You said it yourself that this
is your Thorin family.
Outside the doors, Lady Ivory’s property was carried out, case after case and loaded into waiting carriages, then
driven off the property.
The servants rushed to the kitchen to gossip. Others took refreshments to those that worked in the coffee
plantations and different processing rooms. Along with refreshments, they took ripe gossip.
There was never a lack of something
to discuss on the estate. Two days
ago, it was the PERN; Etsworth
re roaring to seduce
the crown prince. Today it was Lady
Ivory that had been thrown out for
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Nobody knew what would happen tomorrow, but they were sure it would be exciting.
They did not have to wait for tomorrow because something absurd happened in the middle of the day. The crown
prince and his knights climbed over the wall, sneaking onto the estate like thieves.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe gardener and Thorin knights had no idea what to do so they brought ladders and escorted the intruders
inside safely.
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The scent of freshly baked irish
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The shed was suddenly popular around lunch time, surrounded by very ravenous individuals, residents and
guests. The potato buns were accompanied with a rich lamb stew, grilled vegetables and juices of every color.
To Roland, it seemed like a great celebration was afoot on the Thorin estate and the smile on Deanne’s face and
the faces of the Thorin’s told him why.
The witch, Lady Ivory was gone and
peace had been restored in the
Thorin realm. How gegne peace
KA was depend nt on how many
ore times East Ridley said
something to his wife that made her
amused or how often she
complimented his musical genius.