Chapter 6


    Chapter 6 – Celeste


    Celeste P.O.V.


    I sighed as I settled down in my futon. The dinner was a sess. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food.


    Some even asked for seconds. I


    massaged my feet. The best part was all of the girls managed to get at least some taste of the food.


    Whatever little left overs from the appetizers, we ate. We split thest couple of entrees between all of


    us and even managed to get a taste of theva cake. I was thankful for the help cleaning up the kitchen


    though confused by the sudden whiff of an exquisite smellbination of pistachios, figs and


    something I couldn’t quite ce. Almost like the smell of earth before a storm.


    y down on the futon and let sleep take me. I needed all the rest I could use. Tomorrow I had to cook


    breakfast for all the warriors and the guests, lunch and then dinner and ending with the canapes for the


    party. It would be a grueling day.


    I woke up at 3:30am, I went and knocked on Maya’s room. She shared the small little room with 3 other


    girls. It was nicer for sure than where i slept, but I at least had privacy. She and another girl slept in the


    same bed.


    We started with the warrior’s breakfast since that would just be the normal buffet style breakfast that


    everyone was used to. We


    pumped out the croissants, sausages, bacon, eggs and biscuits. We’d pre-cut fruit the day before and


    had stored it for use this morning.


    After the warrior’s breakfast, we began making the guests’ breakfast. We’d left a card requesting a


    choice of breakfast from a set of options when we stocked their rooms with drinks and snacks. Maya


    went and rounded them up for us while I started several pans with sauces. Breakfast choices was


    between eggs benedict, French toast, crepes, and a higher end warrior’s type of breakfast: toast, eggs


    of


    choice, sausage, bacon, and hashbrowns. The tables were loaded with tes of toast, spreads, and


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    fruit


    After breakfast, we started baking fresh bread. The other girls delivered the tes just as before. One


    of the Betas came around and


    was silently speaking to a few of the girls as they were running back and forth from the kitchen. I would


    see him from the corner of my eye while cooking. The girls would go pale and just shake their heads


    profusely. He started to approach me but Luna Luisa came in and


    everyone scattered like roaches.


    “Beta Gillian, how did you find your amodationsst night?” She asked in a sickly sweet voice.


    “Luna, everything has been impable. You sure know how to host a gathering,” He said smoothly.


    “Thank you, it’s a lot of work organizing it all but so rewarding. Is there something you needed? Was


    breakfast not to your liking?I – can have the help whip up something different if you weren’t satisfied


    with your te?” She said, sending a re my way as if I’d done something wrong.


    “No No No. In fact, I actually came to see if I could talk your cook into making me another eggs


    benedict. That sauce is the best I’ve


    ever tasted,” he said, looking my way.


    “Of course, Beta. Right away, sir” I said, not believing a word he said. I would have to ask one of the


    girls what he’d asked, but now


    was not the time. There was just too much work to be done.


    “Thank you,” he smiled at me and held his arm out for the Luna and walked with her towards the dining


    room,


    Lunch was simple a choice of Chicken Alfredo on angel hair pasta, Philly Cheese steak on fresh home


    made bread and, to add


    something different, fish tacos. This was the only meal that would be buffet style for the guests. We


    made about 13 tes of each dish


    and set them up along the dining room table. I noticed that all of the guests seemed to appear at once


    as ifing out of a meeting,


    though I’d like to think that they were just looking forward to what I had to offer. I quickly cleaned the


    kitchen and began preparing for


    dinner.


    On the menu for dinner were a few appetizers for the first course, caprese sd for the second course,


    Beef Wellington with madeira wine sauce, roasted Cajun potatoes, sautéed carrots and parsnips for the


    main course and ended the dessert course with a sampling of desserts. Cheesecake, apple rose puffs,


    Mexican custard, chocte mouse with raspberries and ast-minute addition of mini pistachio


    and fig tarts. I couldn’t get the smell out of my head.


    Isnuck a quick look as they were eating dessert. I smiled at the appreciative looks on everyone’s faces.


    I caught a whiff of the same


    smell from yesterday and realized it must be someone’s cologne. I closed the cracked door and went to


    start preparing the canapes for