Nelly reeled from the shock, she couldn't quite scarcely believe it. Mother had never even mentioned that there was a grand-grand mother in the picture. Nor that she had been living in their tower her own slow life for all this time.
The guards bursted in guns drawn, but the Baroness didn't seem to mind the death sticks pointed at her. She just gave a little smile, and fingerwaved at the boys. Nelly motioned them to take it slow.
"I'm sorry, I was just very thirsty for another apple." Nelly said retreating slowly back to her chair, looking at every single small move her potential double grand plus ma made. How was this related to Edmund then. Was this but a slow burning ruse to get them of his trail. Or a trap for Dana.
