Author's Note: I am leaving for England today, so I wrote this chapter to keep my promise of more frequent updating. Nobody seemed to like last chapter. That made me very sad. I hope you will like this chapter better.
Disclaimer: I am not C.S. Lewis.
Jadis POV
"Switch to our alternative camera!" I yelled as Crystal destroyed the snowflake with which I had been communicating with her.
"I still cannot believe you did not tell her about this!" Dastan, head of operations and one of the few followers I had that had enough of a backbone to speak his mind, yelled.
"Why should I have told her? I can now watch her progress unrestrainedly." I said easily.
"What was wrong with it before?" He asked.
"She almost got herself killed Dastan." I said.
"Something she has now used to her advantage. They are throwing her a ball milady. I would think that would be a good sign." He said, ever the optimist.
"It does give her a timetable. She knows that her next test will come on the night of her ball." I said.
"What if she began to care for him? What is your plan then?" He asked and the roles were effectively switched.
"Crystal is smarter than that. She knows that love is weakness. This exercise is a demonstration in that." I stated sharply.
"You loved once." He stated and I bristled.
"You should know better than to mention that Dastan." I said, my tone warning him to back off.
"Well, unless Crystal is someone else's child entirely, the subject had to be touched on." He said.
"Where did that love leave me? That is right, raising a child on my own while the father cowers in some remote part of the world." I said, venom dripping from my every word.
"The court expected you to execute him." He said.
"I should have." I said.
"But you did not, because you loved him." He said.
"Love made me weak and that is why I have taught Crystal to never let it influence her." I said and walked away, signaling end of discussion.
"I will inform of any interesting developments." He said, never one to let me have the last word.
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