Bad Apples
At the Pce
Elder Via is looking at the phone in her hand, a smile around her lips.
“Caitlin, we need toe up with an excuse for your presence in the Royal wing. No one can know about Larissa just yet.” Via tells her Sister.
After a few hours, Via and Caitlin walk to the Royal wing with all her belongings packed up. They decided to kill two birds with one stone, as only a handful of Servants have arrived, because most of the new Servants still have to arrive.
“Hello, I am Elder Via. This is Caitlin and she is the Head Servant. Any questions can be answered by her and if necessary, she can contact me for further information.” Via says. She gestures for the Servants to follow her to their quarters.
The Servant quarters are on the ground floor of the Pce, with their own stairs to get to the Royal wing.
“This is the living room and across the hall is the kitchen with a dining area. You will have to share your quarters; there are four rooms and a small living room. Quarters will be shared by men or women<b>, </b>no mix.” Caitlin says.
The six Servants who are already at the Pce get the first two quarters to the left and Caitlin makes a note to appoint each quarter with one more Servant.
Not every Elder is happy with Queen Eliza’s new course for the Royal wing. They no longer have a way of knowing what the Royals discuss and no way of knowing how to prevent them from making certain decisions.
It takes another day for all the new Servants to arrive and Caitlin has started making a schedule for the duties they are expected
to perform.
The morning after thest Servants arrive, Caitlin calls them all to the living room. Elder Via is present at Caitlin’s request and is watching everything from an armchair in the corner of the room.
“Good morning. I hope you all had a good night’s sleep. Starting today, you will have an obligation to the Royal family and no longer to your Pack or your Alpha. Once the King has returned, you will be initiated into Scarlet Moon Pack and your bond with your Pack will be broken.
My room is at the top of the stairs. My Wolf is a very vignt Shifter and nothing gets past her. You do not enter the Royal wing unless you are on duty. This is the only warning you get and I will not hesitate to throw you in the dungeons.” Caitlin says.
Elder Via gets out of her seat and walks to stand next to her Sister as the Servants think about the warning they were given.
“I am Elder Via. I am the Guardian of Princess Das‘ bloodline, a job I do with Elder Jensen. You will follow your schedule and no matter who asks, you will never give information about something you heard.” Elder Via says as she looks around the room.
Caitlin checks every task she has given the Servants, ensuring that no one has messed up or done something they weren’t supposed to do.
Most Servants are okay with it, but a handful are not too pleased with Caitlin checking up on them and they especially hate the fact that Caitlin never allows anyone else to clean Prince Quin’s quarters.
The schedule remains the same for a week and then changes for all Servants. There are three different schedules and then you return to the first schedule, keeping the Servants rotating in their duties.
“We need to find a way to distract Caitlin. One of us has to trap Prince Quin.” A Servant in the first quarters says. All three girls are convinced they can trap the Crown Prince and get a better life than they have had so far.
“If one of us seeds, the others will be her personal Servants, so we can all enjoy the easy life.” The youngest says with a giggle.
Bad Apples
Silence falls over the room when the door opens and their roommate walks in, a young woman from a small Pack. The other three don’t like her because she is shy and has had more financial struggles than the three Sisters did.
None of them says a word as they prepare to get ready for dinner and don’t even wait for their roommate to finish getting freshened up. Which is fine, because their roommate has been suspicious of the Sisters and she is hoping for some confirmation of her suspicions.
Before leaving the quarters, she writes a note that she puts in her back pocket. Hoping to see Elder Via or Elder Zariah, because they can help her with her questions about the Sisters.
“Good evening. You have all had your first day, filled with duties and an opportunity to review the schedules for the next three months. Elder Zariah and I will randomly select a handful of you for a one–on–one conversation about your duties and the
schedules.
We will be doing this once a week, meaning that you will eventually get your turn to inform us of any concerns or questions you might have.” Elder Via says.
Her eyes glide over the Servants, stopping a few times to look at them a little longer and her Panther warns her to pay attention
to a particr Servant.
“Tyana, have a seat.” Elder Via says. “Can you exin why my Panther thought we needed to talk to you first?”
“I am sharing my quarters with three Sisters, even though they keep telling everyone that they never met before. Unfortunately for them, I can smell that they are rted. It has made me suspicious of them<b>, </b>plus they weren’t happy to see that Caitlin is solely responsible for Prince Quin’s quarters.
I had the afternoon shift and left my phone in the room with a special app open. It starts recording whenever someone speaks and it was interesting to say the least.” Tyana says before she grabs her phone and ys the recording she made of the three
Sisters.
Elder Zariah isn’t pleased with this knowledge, but it is only one recording and they might need a lot more evidence before they
can fire the Sisters.
“Thank you, Tyana. We will inform the King of your help in this matter.” Elder Via says as she guides her out of their office.
“Get the files on the Sisters and check their stories. Also, ask Caitlin to keep a close eye on their tasks; maybe they aren’t Omegas or Sigmas.” Elder Zariah says.
Just when they thought they had gotten rid of all the bad apples, another fewe rolling in.