"Aunt, this cannot happen, you have to tell my mom not to associate herself with Selene, she doesn't need to work for her just because she wants to get information, it's too dangerous Aunt" said Maddie as she looked at Stella, she was worried, she did not want anything bad happening to Clove.
And she was even more panicked because she knew that Selene had killed Clove once, and she could certainly do it again.
"Maddie, I know and understand your concern, I also told her that it was not necessary for her to put herself in danger, but she insisted that she would not be in danger at all" said Stella.
"Well that is a lie, what if Selene finds her and tries to kill her again? I don't want that" said Maddie.
"Maddie, calm down, that won't happen" said Annie as Maddie looked at her and she shook her head, she did not like what was happening right now.
"Maddie, Annie is right, nothing will happen to Clove, I promise you, she will be extra careful, I have nothing to say to stop her, she is bent on getting me the information that we need to take Azazel down" said Stella.
"But she does not have to do that at the expense of her own safety" said Maddie with a sigh.
"I assure you Maddie, everything will be alright" said Stella as Maddie sighed.
"Fine, if you say so, I just want her to get that mission over and done with so she can return back here" said Maddie as Annie was worried for her, but she did agree with Maddie, she did want Clove to come back safe and sound.
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"Azazel, if you ask me, I think it is best that we strike now that no one suspects anything" said Hunter as he was in Azazel's office.
"After all, the High Council are unable to nail us, they are stuck, they do not know what we are planning" said Hunter.
"It would be easy to storm the Palace, get the girl, and get what you want with no stress at all" said Hunter as honestly he was tired of all of this, he wanted this all to end so he could return to his normal life, he was sick of this place, especially with being around Selene, he hated that woman exceedingly.
"You have many witches on your side, it would be easy to end all of this" said Hunter.
"No" replied Azazel.
"And why not?" asked Hunter.
"Do you think it would be fun to just get everything just like that with no opposition at all?" asked Azazel.
"Let them crack their brains, let them be uneasy, thinking of how I can strike, but not knowing when" said Azazel with a chuckle.
"Everything is alright settled, that girl is not going to escape this time, there is no need to rush" said Azazel.
"Besides, has it not come to your attention that there might be some spies from the High Council in the camp" said Azazel as he was not dumb, he knew that the High Council would not just sit back and watch him gradually take over, they would want to stop him, want to know what he was planning.
"Not really" said Hunter.
"Well there is a possibility, I am certain of it, let them keep on playing, it is enjoyable to watch them think that they have a leverage when they do not" said Azazel as Hunter nodded.
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"You, make sure to clean this place, I want it spotless, do you hear me?" asked Selene as she looked at Clove.
"Yes my lady" said Clove as she bowed and Selene walked away as Clove started to sweep, and when she was sure that she was alone, she casted a spell on the broom to continue sweeping as she looked around.
This seemed to have been Selene's office, Clove figured that if she was Azazel's right hand woman, she might have known just what exactly Azazel was planning.
Clove walked to Selene's desk as she searched through all the papers on it that seemed like they were all junk.
Clove opened the drawers of the desk as she found nothing important in there, Clove proceeded to open another drawer which was locked, so she casted a spell to open it as she found what looked like more papers.
"Selene is messy for sure" said Clove to herself when she suddenly heard footsteps approaching the door and she quickly put back everything and locked the drawer as she ran to hold the broom in the same moment that Selene walked back into the room.
"What are you doing?" asked Selene as she narrowed her eyes at Clove, she found her suspicious.
"Just cleaning my lady, as you told me to" replied Clove as she looked up at Selene.
"Hmm" said Selene as she did not seem to believe her at all.
Selene's eyes darted around her room as she felt like something had been tampered with. Selene looked at her desk as she noticed that it was not the way she had left it.
"Did you come to my desk?" asked Selene as she walked to her desk.
"Ahh well yes my lady I did… I cleaned it up a bit" said Clove as she tried her best to stay calm as Selene searched through the papers on her desk, she did not trust Clove at all.
"What did you say your name was again?" asked Selene as she looked at Clove.
"Sage my lady" replied Clove.
"Well Clove, I don't like people snooping on my things and tampering with them, I am giving you a warning, don't you ever dare touch my stuff again, or else" said Selene angrily.
"Yes my lady" said Clove as she looked down and she nodded as Selene scoffed.
"You know what, on second thought, I don't need you over here, go down the hall, you will see stairs that go down, follow it, and go clean that room, go now" said Selene.
"Yes my lady" said Clove as she nodded, and she did not even waste any time as she quickly left the room.
"What an idiot" said Selene as she scoffed.
"Cleaning his office would teach her not to snoop around" said Selene as she laughed wickedly.
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Clove sighed in relief as she did not get caught by Selene.
"You have to be more careful Clove, that was a close call, a very close call" said Clove to herself with a sigh as she swept what seemed to be another office.
She did not want to get caught again, so she did not try to look around for any information in here.
Clove was busy in her thoughts that she did not hear the sound of a door opening and footsteps as she was no longer alone in the office.
"What are you doing here?" came Azazel's voice in chilling tone as Clove was startled as she looked up and her hear started to beat faster as she looked at Azazel who was a distance away from her, but that did not matter, he still sounded and looked as cold as ever.
"I… I…" said Clove as she stuttered, she was so scared that she could not say out the words that she wanted to stay.
"Are you dumb or what? I asked you what you are doing here?" asked Azazel in a sharp tone as it made Clove even more scared.
"I am cleaning my lord" replied Clove as she did not stutter anymore, she could see that it was only making Azazel even more angry.
"No one ever cleans here, who told you to clean here?" asked Azazel as this was his personal space, he did not want anyone in her except him.
"Ahh it was Selene my lord, she asked me to come here and clean" replied Clove honestly as Azazel scoffed, of course it would Selene who would dare disobey his orders and send someone in here, she knew the rules, even she was not allowed in here, he would make sure to deal with her.
"My lord, should I leave?" asked Clove as she snapped Azazel out of his thoughts and he looked at her, his eyes focused on hers, there was just something familiar about her pair of blue eyes, but he could not point his finger to it.
"My lord…" called Clove.
"What?" asked Azazel.
"Should I leave?" asked Clove.
"Continue cleaning, you might as well finish what you started" replied Azazel coldly.
"Yes my lord" said Clove as she nodded and bowed as she waited for Azazel to leave but to her surprise he did not leave at all, he walked to his desk and sat down there as Clove was confused.
"Are you just going to stand there or what?" asked Azazel in cold irritation as that snapped Clove out of her thoughts.
"Ahh… yes… sorry... sorry" said Clove as she continued sweeping as she was hoping that Azazel would just do whatever he wanted to do and not suspect her at all.