Boartusk Heights upon settlement;

yes, domina, murmured the servant at once. she wished to appease paloma while musing through the tasks that had been assigned. all menial. all doable. no mention of these men allowed to sully her, though she sensed with a mind tormented too early that these were things expected but left unsaid.

serve them. feed them. clean for them. announce them.

would the elegant little fox see that agrippina was trying?

i will begin with the food, she offered, palms twitching against the earth; she wanted to begin but knew that paloma must dismiss her.

and paloma must furthermore like the little bird if her own aims were to be realized. is there anything that i can do for you, my lady?