Arranged Marriage: Dangerous Heiress

 After the funeral, she walked inside the facility with guards from Alanis's empire. They are wearing the badge that is customized to Alanis's Emblem and Dragon Emblem. Half of it on the right is the Dragon Emblem and half is a Knight on the left.

 She strode toward the conference room with her guards at each of her sides. Once that they entered the room, everyone stood, and his grandfather is already sitting in the middle. He stood and gestured to her

"I want you all to meet the second heiress, Moira Mondragon."

 They all stopped and looked at each other.

"General, with all due respect you mean that she's the second heiress?" The Direct of Finance asked.

"Yes. You heard it right. Moira is my secret granddaughter that I keep from everybody. She's Edmond's real daughter, a real Mondragon blood." He said and hold her hand.

 She took her seat beside her grandfather and looked at everybody as they take their seats.

"I know each of your names and did lots of research these past few days. I am Moira Mondragon, some of you might recognize me as my cousin's assistant, James Mondragon. Now that my cousin Andromeda is dead, I'll take over this Empire and probably wiped out a few people." She said with a smirked.

"You were there when Lady Andromeda died." The Director of Security stated. Everyone looked at her waiting for her answer. She smirked.

"Yes," She turned to the trusted man of Alanis and he nodded. No one knows about their operation. Not even the Director of Security. "Any more questions?"

"There's a possibility that you killed."

"I know who the killer is. I am hunting him at this moment."

They looked at each other.

"This man is part of the Phoenix Empire." She said without saying anything. "She's working with Andromeda for years and now, he killed her." She stated as she remembered how Fin killed her sister by shooting her and she fell on the endless waterfall. No one would survive there.

"You mean, he's working in the Phoenix Empire."

"Yes." She told. If she would say that Fin is a Phoenix, then Selina and her niece will be in trouble. "I will handle the matter." She said. She looked around at everybody.

 She stood and looked at her grandfather.

"Meeting adjourns." She stood and so her grandfather. They walked to Andromeda's office. She looked around. She doesn't want to change anything inside. She picked a frame and smiled at Andromeda, Zachary, and their baby.

"This will be hard when a Phoenix is involved." He sat on the sofa and looked at Andromeda's painting with her family.

"Well," She circles the desked and found few things that would be completely good. "I'll control everything here and do as what she wished." She sat down on the comfortable throne-like swivel chair and she put her feet over the desk. The desktop chimes and she opened it with Andromeda's password.

 An email from the shadow? 

 She didn't hesitate on reading the email.

***

 Zachary didn't want to stay long with Andromeda's parents. He let them sulk and mourn for the death of their dear Princess and him, his queen. Holding his sleeping child on his arm, he entered the car and he gently put her on the baby car seat, and he told the driver to leave. He looked at her poor daughter who has been crying nonstop for days. His heartache for her.

 Soon, they arrived at the house and the maid already set his dear wife's painting on the altar that they made for her with beautiful fresh flowers from their garden and scented candles. Her daughter is already awake and she's hugging his neck. She unwrapped her arms from him and looked at the painting of her mother.

"Ma, ma."

"Yes, it's mama. Do you want to eat, little love?" He reached her little tummy. "This should be filled with foods, so you'll grow strong like mama."

 He went to the kitchen and the maid put the new groceries and he put her on her hair chair. Then Eva started putting out the ingredients for the soup that Zachary will be making. He plays Andromeda's playlist together with her old recordings and she clapped her hands and played on her teether as she kept chewing and biting on it.

 He smiled while watching her daughter singing along but only making a sound. She got the tune right and he knows that she'll be a great musician like every Mondragon and Pattinson are.

 It didn't take that until he's finished on cooking and then he put it on her bowl. He stirred it first and took the small fan to cool down the soup. He took his spoon and taste it and it wasn't that hot for her.

 He placed it on her table, and he started feeding her.

"Good?" He asked. She licked her lips.

"Num-num!" She giggled and he feeds her more. She finished two small bowls and Zach took her to her bedroom and let Even stayed with her for a while.

 He sat down on the bed where he shared lots of memories with his wife. It seemed to be quiet and lonely. He exhaled.

 He finally went to the bathroom to take a shower and even in the bathroom, he remembered her.

***

 Adrian and Yves are laughing as they lifted their champagne glass. The happiest person wasn't just them but Allona looked so much like Andromeda. She's drinking a lot and dancing.

"I never expect that that person is also a member of Phoenix. Although he wasn't blood, it's enough to ruin everything." Yves said. "He was Andromeda's secret right hand."

"And Moira—" Adrian scoffed. "I knew from the start that she's something. She's a Mondragon." He chuckled. "Alexandro Mondragon is so feisty."

"I know, right." Yves sipped on his champagne. "Tsk, I didn't think Alexandro is just hiding Moira or Dmitri Black."

 Adrian had the same thought.

"What if one of them is a Phoenix? There will be a possibility that he's also protecting a Phoenix and not just Freya."

"Anyway, we'll just watch as everything become chaotic," Yves smirked.

"Who will die next?" Allona asked.

"We don't know." Adrian smiled at her. "Come here, darling. I think we should celebrate, should we?" He winked at her.

***

Mondragon Mansion

 Kathleen started at her food as she realized that she's not a Mondragon. Her father told her so and it was after the funeral. It's not just that, the most painful part is, Moira is a Mondragon and she detests her most.

"Freya and Zachary don't want to attend the dinner," Fiona said as she sat down. She also loses weight and she eats lesser.

"I—I failed to protect Andromeda. I'm sorry."

"It's not anyone's fault," Fiona said. Moira doesn't want to speak more. Fin is still her friend but her heartache a lot.

"How about Selina?"

"She felt lethargic these past few days. Because of pregnancy."

 Natasha served her mother in law foods and she's been attending her and comforting her. It's also a good thing the twins are also there.

"Let's eat," Alexandro said. "Andromeda doesn't want us to eat less or mourn for her. That's why she asked Zachary to cremate her body before we could have a glanced at her dead body."

***

 Ellen stared at Andromeda's photos with her and with other girls. She wiped her tears and sniffled. It's hard to accept that she's dead. It's hard to accept that everything is happening too fast.

 She reached her little bump and thought about Andel. She thought that Andel would come home but he never did. He sent her a message and the Dragon Empire will be in chaos. He needed to get away from her before it's too late.

 A soft knock on the door makes her stop.

"El,"

"Come in." She said as she wiped her tears that kept on falling. Her mother entered the room and she sat beside her.

"When is he coming back?" Her mother asked as she caressed her hair.

"Andy is dead and it's more likely that he can come home even though he wanted to."

"I understand. But do you think your brother needs some comfort?"

"He doesn't want to. He isolates himself with his daughter."

"We should visit him, then?"

"I don't think so, mom." Ellen hugged her mother.

"Oh, my poor baby girl." She kissed her top head.

"I'll visit him tomorrow and make some porridge for baby Zendy."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

***

 It was dark in the room as he entered the room. He's wearing a black suit from the funeral of Andromeda. He reached the wooden box and then he strode fast to the sofa and place the wooden box over the coffee table.

 A slender hand opened the box and took out the golden scroll. She reached a wine and sipped on it as she admired the golden dragon scroll.

"Everyone will be in a rage. Mostly the Dragon Empire." She said in a very dangerous voice. "Won't you join me by just sitting and watched them kill each other?"

"No thank you. I think I should complete some paper works."

 She laughed and shook her head.

"Don't you want to hear on what's on the scroll?"

"Was it a long story?" His lips sneered up.