Eloise stared at her sister before hearing Eric's voice,
"I'm a little busy right now,can you both wait a bit?"Eric asked,
Eloise frowned before smiling,
"Yes"she bowed seeing his gestures and help to them which were unusual.
"Busy yourself around the castle"he stated and left their side in a hurry.
"Sir George hasn't left"Heather grinned seeing the man who walked up to her.
"Still here my lady?"he flashed her a smile,
"Waiting for my cousin dear sire"Heather replied coyly,
"What about you sire?"Heather asked,
"Waiting for my father"he replied.
Eloise sighed before stepping away from them,they already indulged themselves talking.
She walked outside the castle entering the gardens of the castle.
The cold breeze blew which felt refreshing to her,she noticed how the garden planted many blue flowers which she had never seen before.
It was unusual for the castle to have many flowers of the same color.
Eloise bent down and plucked one of the flowers when she suddenly heard a roar.
She held the flower and turned around,she had gone too far from the main castle's ground,she felt anxious.
An eerie feeling crept in her looking up to see the moon out,it was indeed a full moon but Eloise shook her head ignoring the feeling,werewolves were not real anymore and the story behind might even be a facade.
"Mi lady"
She got startled and turned to see a maid,
"This place is forbidden"the maid bowed.
"My apologies,I got lost"she lied before leaving.
Going back inside the castle,she saw Heather alone and walked to her sister.
"Where did you go?"Heather asked,
"Eric isn't here yet?"Eloise ignored her question.
"He is coming"Heather stated seeing Eric walking towards them.
"Let's go cousins"Eric smiled at them.
A maid walked in the garden with a frown,
"Why was that lady here?all these elites are so irksome"she look discerned.
She plucked from the blue flowers that laid in the grounds.
"What so special about this flowers that the king doesn't want anyone touching them or entering here?"she giggled.
Suddenly she noticed a shadow pass and turned to see what was that but stunned to see no one.
She turned again and to her dismay a creature stood,it was huge,it had black furs on its body and a canine head,his eyes gold in color and he looked rampant showing off his teeth which had long grown fangs on them with hands like claws,he was a humanoid.
She screamed and tried running but the creature was faster and got to her tearing her apart.
"Are you upset with me elo?"Heather asked noticing her sister looked down.
Eloise laid on her side of the bed before turning to her sister,
"No Heather,I'm not"Eloise replied.
"Did you see mr fisher?he came with lady Camilla"Heather informed,
"Yes"she replied remembering what happened with her and lady Camilla.
"Do you like the man?"Eloise asked,referring to sir George.
"I don't know elo,he was sure nice and looked wealthy"she responded.
Eloise knew her sister was always after the pockets of men.
She did want a life of luxury where she would be waited on.
Eloise sighed and turned looking at the flower she had picked,it laid on the table.
She thought on the sound she had heard earlier and frowned,was she truly imagining things?
'My guest'
Eloise sighed remembering the man from earlier,he was sure filled with mysteries making her wonder why he had asked her to dance.
She noticed no one got close to her after the dance,who was he? A lord didn't have that much effect on people.
The next day,Eloise busied herself cleaning the dishes when butler Eddie came to her side.
"Lady Raquel has called for you"he informed her.
Eloise turned to the butler and nodded,wiping off her dirty hands on her skirt,she left the kitchen.
Heather was also busy working and had turned her gaze to her sister who had left.
Eloise entered the dining room with mr Eddie behind.
She saw her aunt glare at her direction,but her aunt wasn't alone,someone else sat with her.
It was lord Asher,Eloise gasped seeing the man.
Compared to her dirty maid outfit,the man was well dressed and clean.
Eloise bowed her head slightly at both of them.
"I can give you cleaner and more efficient maids lord Asher"aunt Raquel offered but the man frowned.
Give what?! Eloise frowned not knowing what they were on about,she stood there not moving an inch.
"You still want to repay the favor,give me this maid,why so hard to let go a peasant?"lord Asher asked,
Aunt Raquel was nervous,she was stunned when he had asked for the maid who served him the last time he came making her doubt how this girl and her sister got an invite to the ball.
"I will send her to you tomorrow"aunt Raquel smiled,
"Leaving with her today Raquel"lord Asher now looked fearful.
"Go and get your things now"she ordered Eloise already shaken from lord Asher's change of mood.
"Why are you sending me away aunt?"Eloise felt her chest clenched,she didn't want to go with a stranger and leave her sister,she didn't want to leave.
"Talking back?"aunt Raquel flared up.
She got up and walked to Eloise,raised her hand ready to hit the girl when someone held her hand and pushed her.
She turned to see lord Asher who didn't look pleased,
"Forgot no one touched my things?"lord Asher glared at her.
Aunt Raquel was frightened knowing this man's behavior and she didn't want to cross his path knowing what he had done to people who did.
She glared at Eloise who stood shaken from everything.
She turned to the butler,
The butler held Eloise and took her out from there immediately.
"I don't want to leave mr Eddie"tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You have to,your aunt has planned to marry you off"