I sat at the table where Dandeline had already started to serve. She had made an entire al in such a short ti and it made my mouth water. It had been such a long, long ti since she had cooked for .
Dandeline, out of habit, stood behind after serving. My head turned to look at her. "Have a seat. We are not in the castle or sothing." I pointed to the seat in front of . She reluctantly took her steps ahead, and I had to wave my hand again for her to finally pull the chair and take a seat.
"It would have been easier to serve," Dandeline murmured.
I humd in response, "There is enough on my plate. You will have to get used to talking with as friends." I gulped down so water before continuing, "I might need your help with the mission. Co on, try and strike up a casual conversation with using my na"
"Princess! How could I?" Dandeline panicked and got up from her seat to bow.
My hand raised and gestured for her to take her seat back. "Dandeline, I am asking you to be casual. Just relax. Think of this as one of your disguises. You are excellent at that, aren't you?"
Dandeline looked sceptical for a while, not being able to et my eyes. Her index circled on the dining table glass, "um... H- how is the. T-the communication with the pack mbers coming along?"
My lips pulled up in an approving smile. "Great. Actually, I have made so new friends."
"That's nice," Dandeline was happy to hear that, and her twinkling eyes made my mood lift. This girl was older than and yet her childish innocence was sothing that kept going through the starting days in the dungeons. "H-How is the competition for Beta going on?" She tried to continue the conversation.
I looked at her and tilted my head. There would be two days that I won't be joining the pack again, as Channing had ntioned. Diana was the one that worried . She had changed colours imdiately after seeing I was competent enough to win the place of Beta. There might be other tis when I leave the pack and travel sowhere for work. I would need an extra set of eyes so the few people who hate don't plot sothing funny.
"The competition is going in the right direction," I replied. Taking another bite of the at, I chewed it for so ti before coming to an appropriate answer. "You should join the pack, Dandeline. I need open eyes around the village, the people who work for the elders in and around the Winterwells pack"
Dandeline ford a crease on her brows, "But then madam, I won't be able to help you as your servant"
I tsked, "You help as my friend. Let's not say we know each other since childhood, just show on the first day that our thoughts match and stuff." I thought about all the possible holes where others might investigate my origin like Channing had cornered today. "Let's say this condo belongs to you. Co up with so disguise, personality of your own. This way I could co here any day without having to hide my face"
She bit her lips, putting too much thought into it. "Is it that important? I an, for the mission?" I nodded in response and she imdiately spoke up, "okay, I will put my na in the registry tomorrow itself and join the pack a day after that"
"Very well," I said and wiped my mouth after finishing the last morsel of food. "Co to my house tomorrow after the registration. Help dress up. Make sure no one sees you when you co there"
Dandeline got up cleaning all the plates from the table, "okay princess"
"Dandeline!" I rolled my eyes. "If you are joining the pack, call Selene. Not madam and never Princess"
"Ma-madam?" Dandeline shivered in her voice, "I could never"
I brisked to her and held her by her shoulders, "You do understand how heavy a loss that could cause?" But she couldn't even et my eyes properly. I sighed, "take your ti to prepare. And co on Dandeline, we have a stronger bond than friends. I trust you, okay?"
Her eyes slowly raised and t mine. She was sentintal at my words as tears welled up in her eyes. A little giggle escaped my lips. Dandeline always found a reason to cry around . "Y-yes Princess"
I pulled her in a hug, "Stop crying you idiot" She sniffed her tears over my shoulders and I rubbed her back. "There, there. How do you always cry over my words?"
Dandeline understood my words were not a question, so she cried for a little more while and then pulled away from the hug, wiping her tears. "Do you want any specific personality from my disguise?"
I humd, raising one of my eyebrows to think of sothing specific, but nothing ca to my mind. "I think you would be the best judge of that. Let's leave that for the expert you to decide." And it wasn't a lie. Dandeline was best in the business when it ca to disguises. She had been doing that for a long ti and there was no one I believed to do it as perfectly as her. "I just need a reliable pair of eyes around. There are many fouls looks in the pack directed towards , and I can't focus on that petty thing when a bigger mission lies ahead."
I needed to work fast. It has been almost three weeks now since I left the castle. Half of my ti was wasted in the hospital and the other half in jail.
This mission wasn't as easy as it looked. There are too many distractions coming my way, especially Fang and Channing. I cannot waste my ti on questions not related to my mission. Those clarification can be done at any later date, but every second dedicated to ending the war was expensive for .
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