For people who understimate Celeste

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Helina asked.

I nodded. “It is a needed risk,” I said digging through Mother’s belongings. Unlike Lydia, I would not be able to give an excuse such as work. Being caught here had serious consequences. Helina would most certainly be fired and I would be restricted to my room and interrogated as a potential spy.

I held out a bottle! Success!

“That is it?” she asked.

“Yes, this will serve us nicely,” I said smiling. Mothers pills. She took them to relax. They weren’t anything special to be honest, but she didn’t like to share. I did pick up from the maids she takes them more often than before. About one per night near bed time. I had taken five pills from a bottle in the back before returning it.

She’d likely notice that. My mother was too careful and paid too close attention to asume she’d miss the theft at all. But I doubt she’d notice it this week and that was enough for me.

“Stealing from your mom? How could you Celeste?” A maid’s voice rang out. Turning I saw, well I didn’t remember her name, but she was the same woman that had been dismissed since she intsulted my work efforts. Obviously not dismissed from the job, just my involvement in it.

“I presume you want something?” I asked. Helina looked terrified, but if she didn’t want anything she would have just told Mother, the fact she was letting me know was good for me.

“This place is getting a bit too weird for me, so I want some gold so I can leave, and you won’t rat me out since I know your dirty little secret,” she said.

I sighed. “Money? Is that all? Sure. I was thinking it would be something difficult, okay, how much?” I asked.

“Enough to never need to work again,” she said.

How disappointing, is this all she thought about? I wasn’t sure in which way I felt bad about her. “Come Helina, she won’t let us be apart, she’d be afraid youd try and warn someone. If we are to fetch that much money tonight, we need to head to Lydia’s office”

“Lets go then,” she said. I noticed she was carrying a knife. Yeah, if Natalia was here that kind of approach could work. But I wasn’t worried.

It was dark and everyone was asleep. Mother with her pill, Lydia just from hard work, and apparently even Samantha for what it was she did. So we had little reason to believe we would be disturbed. As we went into the area I made a speedy approach to the picture.

“Stop,” the maid said. “Let me guess, there is a fire wand or some sort of alarm? I shall open it.”

I went to open my mouth but she pointed the knife and I backed down. “Very well. As you suspected it is a wand of fireball. Use it against use and you’d just be revealing yourself.”

She moved the painting and looked at the combination safe. I gave her a code and when she type it in, it popped like normal.and she pulled out the case.

“Be careful not to let go and drop it,” I said faking concern.

She waved me off with her off hand and sat gently on the sofa. “I am not so clunpsy,”

It would appear not, but her brightness was low if she thought that something she could balance one handed contained large amounts of gold. She tried opening the latch but it was stuck.

“Do not stand without permission,” I said as I grabbed her from behind. “And don’t scream.

She yipped a bit. “What did you do to me,” she said in a calm controlled voice.

“You won’t remember, so it wouldn’t matter,” I took two of the pills I stole from my mother and put them in my mouth before kissing her. The spell would stop her from trying to hurt me as I pushed my tongue into her mouth, with both pills. “Both hands on the handle, squeeze tightly.”

She did as I ordered and I could see she was refusing to swallow. That was fine. I pulled out one bottle of milk that I had kept on my dress. I suppose having more than Master’s uniform was useful in this situation. I titled her neck back and poured milk down her throat as I pinched her nose.

She struggled but it was futile, this spell couldn’t **** her to swallow, but with me on type of her and her hands otherwise busy, she found it difficult to struggle in this position and it wasn’t long before

“Is she gonna be alright?” Helina asked me.

My smile grew wide. “She is going to be quite better than just alright, to that I can assure you.”