14. The Innocent Sister!

Author's POV 

Emerald didn't react quickly, she stayed calm. If Egon knows that she is her sister then there are only two reasons why he has brought her here. 

First, he wants to make her jealous and show her that her sister is on his side and one more person has betrayed her. 

Second, he wants to kill her in front of her.

But Emerald has never seen him bring her any relative so gently into the house, they were bruised and battered in blood, so it means Ruby is really on his side and she is just a pawn in his game. 

"She is not my sister!"

Emerald replied with a voice which sounded defeated and walked away. 

Ruby came back and sat beside Egon.

"I am so sorry!"

Her face was red after crying.

"Why do you care?"

Egon asked while shuffling through her papers, Ruby is the good, angelic sister. He is not fond of it. He hates innocent people if they are of no use to him. Emerald and Ruby are completely opposite; if Ruby is a saint, then Emerald is a monster. As much as he knows, Emerald has done everything to make Ruby's life hell yet Ruby is hurt by her situation.

"She made your life hell."

Ruby wiped her wet cheeks.

"But she is still my sister, last time when I saw her, she was on the throne and now she is in bounds... I just couldn't take it..."

Egon hummed.

"How much time will she take to kill you?"

Ruby looked down embarrassed.

"Not even a single minute!"

"Learn to invest your emotions in the right people."

He shook his head, annoyed, and Emerald walked back. 

She washed her face but she was still looking cranky. She saw that Ruby had stopped crying and was making a rough map. She can use software to make it, but the way that Castle is built, it's hard to instruct technology to map it. It can only be done by the person who knows the castle. 

She sat in front of her, and Egon's phone rang. Emerald sighed in relief when he answered his phone and walked out, not before giving her a warning glare. 

Ruby looked at Emerald and hesitated to talk but finally opened her mouth.

"Did you really loot them?"

Emerald gave her a bored look.

"Use your empty mind and see if you can crack the mystery."

Ruby shrugged. 

"You never do that, your reputation is too high to do that and you don't even need that. You have your own chambers filled with treasures. Our beloved father, aka Mad King could do that, have been a psycho anyway. He used to make everyone's life hell and yet he was your favourite father." 

"Tell them about it!"

She mocked and snatched the paper from her hand.

"I don't have time to waste it on you, why are you even here if you can't understand the difference between right and left... Dumb!"

She started making the map by herself. 

Ruby sat there as Emerald started drawing, Ruby's eyes didn't stop watering, and Emerald groaned, annoyed.

"Can you stop wetting the table? You are ruining my map."

She scolded her again. 

"How are you living like this?"

Ruby wiped her tears. She has a soft heart and doesn't know how to control it. 

"Ask yourself, you betrayed me... Is he fucking you good for that? I don't understand the drama of you, good people. You want someone's life hell, you make it and then you cry for making their life hell."

Emerald snarled at her. 

"Your mind is filled with garbage, I didn't betray you, Queen... You kicked me out..."

Ruby replied offended.

"Was it my fault that I can't play politics like you and other family members?"

"You should be grateful that I just kicked you out and didn't put a bullet in your dumb head."

She aggressively drew on the paper. 

"You are a fool who fell for the enemy and rebelled against your family when I killed him..."

"You will never understand that, you don't have a heart to feel love"

Ruby replied while looking at her disappointed. 

"You are cruel and that's why you are in this condition."

"Of course! You are the good girl and I am the villain... But at least I am not dumb like you..."

Emerald shook her head.

"I am not dumb, you always hated me for being a good girl and you were always jealous of me because people used to prefer me over you, you were scared that I'll take the throne... You just needed an opportunity to throw me out of the castle and you got that. My boyfriend would have been alive if you had kept your mouth shut... You announced it in the family and they killed him, you kicked me out of the castle, family and property... You didn't even care about my future and life... You are the worst sister anyone can have, everyone is right, you are a bitch and you are paying for whatever you have done to other people..."

Ruby spat madly. 

"I am happy that you are here in this condition. I was dancing when your father, the mad King, died. He was a psycho fucker, just like you... I am so happy that your rein is in dust... This is my curse which you are living now..."

Emerald yawned again and rubbed her eyes while drawing the map, bored. Completely unfazed by her sister's heart-wrecking words.

"Yes, little one! I hate you and I never liked your innocence... How can you get the appreciation when I am there, I should have killed you instead of throwing you out, but your mother was crying her heart out, so I showed some mercy... I am still looking for a chance to put an end to you, especially for siding with Egon. You are the one who gave him the details about our castle and ways to break through it, bitch..."

Ruby shook her head.

"I didn't___"

"Shut up!"

Emerald gave her a deadly look, and Ruby closed her mouth. She could clearly see the hate in Emerald's eyes for her. 

She has stayed with her since childhood but Emerald has never seen her as a sister. They were always rivals. Ruby tried so much to win Emerald's heart, but it was more difficult than touching the moon. She couldn't understand why her elder sister hated her so much.

Ruby flinched when Emerald threw the paper on her face. The map was complete. Ruby called Egon and he looked at Emerald who was sitting with pissed face. 

He kept the map in his jacket, which showed that he had approved it. 

At the same time, Layla came to him with his gun, and Emerald's heart sank, realising he was going to kill Ruby; she should have known before. Her heart started squeezing in her chest.

She can't kill her one more sister, Ruby is the only sister she has loved with her life. 

Why did she make her life hell when she loves her so much? It is the biggest mystery of her life. 

She closed her eyes in pain when Egon grabbed the gun from Layla.