AN: Ok, since I'm on an iPod, I can't use italics for thought, so thought will look like this {thoughts}. The view of my story is third person limited, but occasionally omnipresent. Disclaimer: I don't own Brom, Selena, or the Eragon books. I own anything that isn't mentioned in any of the books. (Brom) Brom woke up early that morning, albeit grumpily, and went to go get dressed. He mentally reviewed what his mission was. {Find the "Black Hand", seduce her, and cripple Morzans' main pawn}. "Just like a game of chess." he muttered under his breath.(AN:I think they had chess then, but I'm not sure) He walked to the dresser and got out his gardening outfit. After putting it on, he went to start his his job. After pulling weeds and watering the garden, he notices a woman walking towards him. He observes that she doesn't appear to be a maid, so he concludes that she must be The Black Hand. - (Selena) Selena wakes up to the sunlight pouring through her window, and realizes that Morzan hadn't gotten back to the castle. {Galbatorix probably has something to do with this} she thinks, but continues with her day. As the sun reached noon, she remembered that she was going to talk to the man she saw last night. So, donning her black tunic and forest green leggings (AN: I know that most women wore dresses, but she's a magician for Morzan, so deal with it) and strolled to the garden. As she neared it, Selena saw the same hook nosed man from last night, bent over and watering the lilies. She saw him look up and analyze her, then heard from him a contempt grunt, his features darkening a little in the process. She thought it was strange, but stored it in her memory for future analysis, for there were more pressing matters at hand. "Hello, servant" she says in a cold and calculating tone. He notices this, and says in a mocking tone and a smile "Why, what is a fair maiden such as yourself doing out here? Surely you would be in the castle and drinking tea?." Selena glares daggers at him, and the man bursts out laughing. She is shocked by this, but is cut off by the man saying "It's of no consequence, I was merely having a laugh." Selena smiles a little, thinking that the man was actually quite likable. But, no matter how likable, she still had questions to which he has answers. " Well, I was just curious as to why you were outside late last night?" The man immediately adopts a serious tone and states "What I do is of no concern to you, but if you must know, I was sending a letter to my dear... friend." She observes the pause, but doesn't want him to become suspicious, so she calmly replies "I'm sorry, we seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot. Let's restart. My name is Selena." "Selena, what a beautiful name." "And may I ask your name?" "My name is Orion." Orion then grabs her hand gently and kisses it. - (Brom) Brom looks at Selena and realizes that she truly is beautiful. As he misstated hand, he notices that she blushed profusely. He then gives her her hand back, bows, then he turns around and goes back to gardening. - AN: I'm sorry about all the changes from past tense to present tense. It's a bad writing habit I have. Also, I think that first person will work better, so the next chapter will be first person point of view. The third person worked good on chapter one, but not this one.