As Auryn and Storm walked out, Auryn asked:
"What do we do now? You've seen how the whole empire loves him, including the next Emperor. You heard what he said, he wants to run the company as his father did. When before the show, he only cared about Stellan."
Storm looked ahead thinking. They were already in a crunch before, but now it's worse. He'll be back home today and they have to get rid of him before he turns twenty.
They can't even use Stellan, since Atlas doesn't love him anymore. They need to deal with him, in a way that no one suspects them.
With Atlas' newfound popularity, it will be hard. Most parents would feel crushed that their only son became insane, but not Storm and Auryn. All they could think about was, how to destroy Atlas, without implicating themselves.
Moreover, now if they try to kill Atlas, the whole family will be entangled, and they'll know they were after Ryker Dig the whole time. Storm said:
Love's Alchemy: Breaking Shadows