As he so flippantly dismissed the pressing matter of ruined finery Eden’s lips pressed back into that judgmental line as the rest of her features fell neutral again. Amber eyes followed Elliot as he moved away and dropped his feet on recently refinished wood. One was left to assume Elliot simply liked messing things up. Eden blinked twice slowly and, if it were possible, her pursed lips went tighter. The child continued to cry against her chest forgotten in her concern for the antique wood her master had no care for.
She moved swiftly across the room. Her heels clicked angrily on bare floors as she moved behind his desk. Balancing the child in one hand, she lifted his feet to rescue the fine wood from the hard heels of his shoes and unceremoniously dropped them back on the floor.
“Take care. I just had this refinished last week.” She scolded him again brushing at the wood sending dried dirt that had been knocked from his shoes to the floor around her feet. Eden was the only one who could get away with being smart with Elliot. She was unsure if this was over the top, but she had decided to risk it, if only for the sake of the poor desk.
Moving back around the desk, Eden gracefully dropped into a chair across from him. She crossed her legs and lounged as if unperturbed by the crying child in her arms while Elliot racked his brains for the name. Suddenly the room went silent. “Oh!” Eden startled at the unexpected quiet. The child’s mouth still worked as if he were trying to produce the sounds of crying and nothing came out. Her eyes widened a touch in shock that Elliot would do such a thing.
Elliot had done many things much more shocking so her surprise was quickly replaced with that judgmental smirk. “The mean old Prince Regent has no patience for us now does he?” She murmured almost cooing into the ears of the still silently screaming child. His ears twitched upon the contact of her lips.
Eden gazed at Elliot over the rims of her useless black glasses. “Ethan what.” There was a warning in her voice. A Verdant Lynx boy named Ethan. The Queen and her husband had just lost a boy named Ethan. The coincidence was too great. She hoped that Lord Wilder wasn’t as creative as she feared he was.The horror of how this child came to be again would catch up with her later. The realization of grave robbing a dead infant didn’t register at the moment. Or perhaps she didn’t let it lest the horror play out on her face for Elliot to enjoy.
Eden glanced down at the child again when informed her job would be to keep it alive. “For how long, Lord Wilder?” For how long. Dread gripped her heart like a vice. She had almost secured another job. A peaceful job with a normal Lord and Lady. Now, if she left, this child would be subject to Elliot's devices.
And the boy was kind of cute. Almost adorable.
“Am I to understand you are instructing me to rear this child?”
She moved swiftly across the room. Her heels clicked angrily on bare floors as she moved behind his desk. Balancing the child in one hand, she lifted his feet to rescue the fine wood from the hard heels of his shoes and unceremoniously dropped them back on the floor.
“Take care. I just had this refinished last week.” She scolded him again brushing at the wood sending dried dirt that had been knocked from his shoes to the floor around her feet. Eden was the only one who could get away with being smart with Elliot. She was unsure if this was over the top, but she had decided to risk it, if only for the sake of the poor desk.
Moving back around the desk, Eden gracefully dropped into a chair across from him. She crossed her legs and lounged as if unperturbed by the crying child in her arms while Elliot racked his brains for the name. Suddenly the room went silent. “Oh!” Eden startled at the unexpected quiet. The child’s mouth still worked as if he were trying to produce the sounds of crying and nothing came out. Her eyes widened a touch in shock that Elliot would do such a thing.
Elliot had done many things much more shocking so her surprise was quickly replaced with that judgmental smirk. “The mean old Prince Regent has no patience for us now does he?” She murmured almost cooing into the ears of the still silently screaming child. His ears twitched upon the contact of her lips.
Eden gazed at Elliot over the rims of her useless black glasses. “Ethan what.” There was a warning in her voice. A Verdant Lynx boy named Ethan. The Queen and her husband had just lost a boy named Ethan. The coincidence was too great. She hoped that Lord Wilder wasn’t as creative as she feared he was.The horror of how this child came to be again would catch up with her later. The realization of grave robbing a dead infant didn’t register at the moment. Or perhaps she didn’t let it lest the horror play out on her face for Elliot to enjoy.
Eden glanced down at the child again when informed her job would be to keep it alive. “For how long, Lord Wilder?” For how long. Dread gripped her heart like a vice. She had almost secured another job. A peaceful job with a normal Lord and Lady. Now, if she left, this child would be subject to Elliot's devices.
And the boy was kind of cute. Almost adorable.
“Am I to understand you are instructing me to rear this child?”
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