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Azure was sleeping, agreeably one of the best things known to man, and soundly mind you when she was rudely awaken by a persistent nuisance.
"Azure wake up already, it's dinnertime. The King and Princess Isabelle are waiting for your arrival, along with Jack. Wake up you useless excuse for an assassin!"
Azure's eyes flew upon at that. Her? Useless? She was going to give this little twit a piece of her mind…
"Elmont?" Was her groggy reply, so much for strong and frightening I suppose.
The man in question rolled his undeniably gorgeous eyes at her, "Who else would it be you fool. Now get up this instant."
Azure huffed indignantly, "Well aren't you a ray of sunshine? Are you like this all the time or am I just a special case?"
Elmont scowled, "Associating with criminals has never been a favorite pastime of mine; especially not with murdering scum."
Azure stood from the bed defiantly at that, not giving a thought to her rumpled appearance or disheveled hair.
"Don't you talk about what you do not understand Captain. You might have seen the giants and their hearts of coal, but you have yet to see the horrors I've endured," she hissed, eyes ablaze and fire in her veins.
They stood toe to toe, challenging and waiting for the other to back down. While Elmont towered over Azure, he lacked the utmost conviction as the woman in front of him did.
The door burst open suddenly and a maid stopped short when she saw the pair's proximity. Elmont and Azure jumped apart as if burnt.
"Oh my, I'm terribly sorry for interrupting! I'll just come back later-"
"It's alright Miss. Phuket, you weren't interrupting anything. Is there something you are in need of?" He addressed the elderly woman.
Miss. Phuket smiled knowingly at Elmont at his denial. "Such a sweet boy as always Elmont, but no I think I'll be fine on my own. Come Miss. Haywood, we must find you some more suitable clothes and then to the armory," she announced smiling widely.
"Miss. Phuket, I don't think that's a good-"
"Oh hush now, everything's all right. She's certainly not stupid enough to kill me here. Although I have no doubt in your skill Miss. Haywood, getting out of the castle unscathed would be quite the feat."
Azure smiled, she like this woman. Miss. Phuket had a grandmother's warmth and aurora, but was sassy too.
Elmont sighed, knowing there were not enough of words in the world to change Miss. Phuket's mind once she had come to a decision. It was one of the thing he'd always admired and hated her for, it made her impossibly stubborn at times and extremely difficult to deal with.
Satisfied that she'd won, Miss. Phuket looped her arm through Azure's and lead her out of the room with a resigned Elmont trailing behind.
After Miss. Phuket had found a pair of riding pants and a lose fitted shirt to wear around the castle before she found King Renard's little spy inside the Cloister and extracted every last bit of information from him.
Azure could already taste the sweet nectar of revenge dancing across her tongue, but what burned was the unquenchable thirst for spilt blood…
Sorry that it is super short in comparison to the first chapter but I need some ideas of how to transition the story from where it is now to finding the spy to the quest. If you have any suggestions please let me know!
