Antonio smirked as he sipped wine from the champagne flute, his gaze met the maid who was bowing in front of him, "Rise" he said and Elsa lifted her face up.
"What do you want my lord?" Elsa inquired, she was shocked that he wanted to meet her all of a sudden, people like him never got acquainted with maids, they found them disgusting and dirty.
"I need your help" Antonio said as he looked at the dumbfounded woman, 'Help?' Elsa thought.
"For what, my lord?" Elsa asked.
"I need to find the real identity of them imposter, don't you want to save your prince from that woman?" Antonio asked and Elsa became sure if what he said, but why was he interested in finding her real identity, he must have some grudge against her.
"Then what should I do for you?" Elsa asked.
"I need strands of her hair" Antonio replied and Elsa nodded.
"But what if I get caught doing this hideous job, you are to blame" Elsa said and Antonio's lips curved into a devilish smirk.
"Of course, I also have a reward for you, of you get the job done" Antonio said as he brought out a bag of golden coins, he threw it at her and she caught it. Opening the bag, Elsa's eyes widened, she has never seen gold in her entire life and now she would be offered a bag of it of she got the job done.
"Consider it done my lord" Elsa said with a wide smile, she is dwelling In money.
"Do we have a deal then?" Antonio asked and Elsa nodded.
"Deal" Elsa beamed with joy, if she completed her work another bag of golden coins would be credited to her and she would have no reason to work in the castle anymore, since she already has money.
"Get the hair for me before noon" Antonio said and Elsa nodded with her head bowed. She turned to leave.
...
"Your highness, do you want me to comb your hair?" Elsa asked and Jen stared at her scraggy hair in the mirror, she tried to straighten the dishelleved hair but it won't stay in place.
"Alright" Jen said as she sat on the chair in front of the mirror and Elsa started with her work, she made sure to get many hair in the comb.
"Your highness, your hair is really beautiful" Elsa commented.
"Thanks but yours isn't bad either" Jen said as she smiled at Elsa's reflection in the mirror.
"It's so beautiful compared to how mine is" Elsa said sadly and she heard Jen chuckle.
"Let me give you this oil, it helps in making hair grow and also shiny" Jen said as she stood up to get the oil in the cupboard.
"Here". she said as she gave Elsa the oil In a purple bottle.
"Your highness this is too much, I can't accept it" Elsa said as she returned it but Jen insisted that she take it, in the end Elsa took the oil and showed her gratitude to Jen.
"May I leave now your highness?" Elsa asked and Jen nodded as she turned around to get something, Elsa took the opportunity to get some of her hair, and she left the room.
Elsa stared at the bottle and then the air, guilt spread through her heart but she couldn't.back down now. She wanted to have a business since she was a kid and now lord antonio.would help her fulfill that dream so why not go for it. Besides what if Antonio's prove is wrong, she has nothing to lose since she has gotten the money and also Jen would stay in the castle with her husband. Elsa shrugged her shoulders as she went to the back of the castle to meet with Antonio.
As promised, Antonio was there at noon and he held another bag of golden coins, she presented the hair to him and he gave her the bag. "We are clear now" Antonio stated and Elsa nodded as she sneaked back into the castle.
She hastily packed her belongings and she changed her outfit. she was going to live a new life starting from today onwards. She hurriedly wore a hood as she went out of the castle but the guards wouldn't.ket her out. she went back to pass the secret passage and then she got out of the.castle and ran far away with no second thought of returning, even if the castle's.life was great and people helped each other, she still wanted to become independent because ever since she was a kid she dreamed of having her own restaurant and now she would fulfill that dream of hers with the money lord Antonio gave to her.
...
"Fiona please stop" Valet begged, he didn't know that his wife was so childish to tickle him every now and then..
Jen reluctantly stopped tickling him and she sat up on the bed and her expression became gloomy.
"Valet, have you heard of Madison before?" She asked all of a sudden and valet nodded, he knew that woman, she was a dragon princess and had an affair with the werewolf. When they made love and eventually she was pregnant for him. She sneaked out of her kingdom to look for him but she was devastated when she heard that he was shot with the silver nitrate and eventually died because they couldn't find an antidote.
"Yes, why?" Valet asked and Jen beamed with joy as she faced him.
"Do you know where she is?" Jen asked again and valet nodded.
"She is in the dragon's country but we can't go there, they despise werewolves" Valet replied and she nodded.
"But I am not a werewolf" Jen argued.
"You are, since I've scratched you when we made love you are now a werewolf" Valet explained but he was still unsure about something, he doubted if this woman was really a vampire because she had an alpha eyes, that was the first he noticed when he lifted her veil on their wedding night.