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Elle frowned as she watched her gleeful ladies hness I a by"

Severin narrowed his eyes as he too stared at his servants "It wasn’t by chance Burke ith ed secretive words through their slates Asis keenly tied to the activities of Bernadine, Heloise, and E Unfortunately I ht into her hands"

"What do youto leave us standing here all day, or will you bring the crutches down?" Severin said, his voice was clear and piercing

E Elle’s crutches to her when Severin gently set her down

Elle took the crutches and propped thehness"

"Think nothing of it," Severin said before growling, "Burke"

The brightly clothed valet saluted Severin

"I will meet you in my study one hour hence Do not be late," Severin warned before he stalked across the rooo before she turned to face E a triuhtly and her skin glowed She looked, alranted the dearest wish of her heart It was odd

"Emele," Elle started

Yes, E that had just been aired out

Elle thought for a moment and decided this was neither the tiument " I’m famished Do you think we could visit Bernadine in the kitchens and take soo, shall we?"

Whatever you wish, Elle

Elle chose not to confront Emele over her odd behavior until they took afternoon tea in the privacy of Elle’s bedroom

"Emele, do you care to explain why you are so interested in ar into her tea with a har She washed it doith a few sips of her tea before writing on her slate with controlled movements What do youme to befriend your master than a desire to stave off his supposed loneliness," Elle said

Isn’t it natural that I would want you, hness as well?

"Admire, perhaps But you and all the servants in this chateau--with the exception of Marc, and he doesn’t notice anything that isn’t planted in the ground--push Severin and I together in theto

Elle arched an eyebrow "Oh really? Very well It doesn’t matter, I expect I will only be here until the end of the week I will be returning home soon you know"

Emele panicked and made several curls fall out of the ornate bun she had styled her hair in that day with the severity of head shaking she displayed No, you can’t!