บท 14: The Governess
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Dana was dumbfounded with what occured a second now, it happen all in blistering that she couldn't comprehend
Morever, what she saw really frightened her, the kitten seem strange not to mention the way it widen its eyes as if scared, that its secret has been revealed.
Was it her eyes deceiving her? She questioned herself in dilemma.
"Brownie!" Miss Florence screaming her kitten name that was long gone brought Dana back to reality.
Her hands were quick in grabbing Miss Florence arm, stopping her, as she was about to go looking for her kitten,.
In a taut tone, Dana inquired, "where do you say you get your kitten?"
Miss Florence however looked impatient, afraid that the lonely kitten will get lost, despite, she answered, "I found it lost and hurt"
"Stuck in a tumbleweed?"Dana asked, and the governess blink in surprise, then squint her eyes suspiciously, "how did you kn-"
"It doesn't matter" Dana interjected, "you should be careful, that kitten is-"
"I apologize for interrupting, but I need to look for my kitten, right now you should worry about yourself" with that, Miss Florence snatched her hand away from Dana's grasp and ran toward the direction the kitten went.
With Miss Florence gone, Dana start being aware of the atmosphere, it suddenly turned uncomfortable, when she look around, she noticed how people were looking in her direction, talking in hushed tone.
Her eyebrows creased, "what's wrong with them, Thea"
Thea move forward to where Dana was standing, already aware of the whole thing happening in the market, thanks to her sharp hearing as a vampiress. "I have no idea my lady" she lied through her teeth.
Dana turned to Thea, "do you know of a place where pet, especially cats were sold?" she needs to check what she saw today, to prove that she isn't imagining things,
In accord to what she saw, it seems real yet unreasonable.
"Yes my lady, I do know of a place".
Thea took the lead to where she knew cats were sold and when they reached there, standing in front of the shop, Dana read out,
"PETANDY?"
"Pet and Andy. It formed the name, pet Andy, Andy's pet" Thea explained heartily, happy she has gained the privilege of explaining things to her lady.
Thea pushed the door causing the shop bells to jiggle.
The jiggling sound of the bells drawn the attention of the young boy with black curly hair behind the counter, when he turned, a smile crept his lips and his red eyes shrunk in, offering the sweetest of his smile to his old friend,"hi Thea".
"Hi Andy, PETANDY" she teased, making him laugh, therefore, his eyes spotted Dana who was busy checking cats that were caged, a questioning look appeared on his face.
Tracing his eyes, Thea quickly went to explain, "this is..." however before she could finish Dana interrupted,
She look his way and introduced herself, "Dana, the daughter of the Marquee Williams"
His red eyes widened in surprised, "it is true! My God, you're human!" he left the counter and came to stand before Dana, to prove the rumours he heard.
Thea however quickly went to stand in between them, and pushed Andy back, laughing nervously while taking a side glance at her ladyship, "we are here for something else" she said through her teeth, afraid Dana will find out she lied to her, knowing this guy here has a blabbermouth and don't know when to stop his mouth from running.
Despite Thea restraining him from taking another peek at her ladyship, Andy on the other hand couldn't keep his head in one place and keep craning his neck to catch a glimpse at the rumoured vampiress that turned to human due to poison she was fed with.
Even with the way Thea was trying to hold him back, Dana could see the unwillingness of the shopkeeper, she slightly pushed Thea aside and firmly let him know, "I need a brown kitten".
"Holy Christ!"he covered his mouth,as if couldn't believe she talked to him, this is indigestible to him. How he wish for some customers to come in and see for themselves that Dana spoke to him.
"I can't believe you're here in my shop, I actually happened to overheard some of my customers talking about you "who knows he will come to see the turned human girl with his eyes.
Dana's eyes turned sharp, at what she heard from the shopkeeper, that means the hushing murmurs in the market was about her. How cute.
"Here, make yourself comfortable" The vampire boy cut in, gaining her attention. He look nice though, as he pulled a chair from a corner, and dusted it with a rag before stretching his hand to it, emphasizing for her to take sit.
Dana sat, not expecting him to treat her warmly, however, it wasn't the time to think about that, she's here to try her theory.
"What do you care for, tea or water?" he asked, but the Marquee daughter disappointed him by turning down his request, "I'm all right" she told him.
Andy left to the other side of the shop, where many cats were caged.
Thea rolled her eyes at him, annoyed with the way he treated her lady in the first place.
But the fact that Dana wasn't bothered by it, somehow relieve her nerve-wracking.
After a while, Andy came back with a brown kitten, and carefully hand it to Dana, whom received it diligently.
She placed the innocent kitten on her lap, having her hand running up and down on its back, while the kitten keep on purring.
A frown settled on her forehead, when she concluded. Perhaps this isn't about brown kittens, it's about Miss Florence's brownie.
Dana rise from her seat, she a smile at Andy, "thanks for the hospitality, Thea will pay for the kitten" because she had no money on her, not to mention she was excited by the fact she's going out of the manor, that made her forgot about collecting some money from her mother.
Plus, she don't know how they spend the coins, silvers and golds here, the currency she knew about was in her former life as Jessica Baker.
Haven said that, she walks to the shop door and pull it back, leaving her maid and the shopkeeper to follow her with their crimson's eyes.
A moment later, Thea catch up with Dana, who had a serious look on her face standing a little far from where they met Miss Florence, while staring at the place with intense gaze.
"Is something wrong with Miss Florence's kitten?"
Thea asked, by now realizing whatever was happening to her lady's trouble look all began because of the brown kitten.
Dana's eyes narrowed at Thea's question, she whispered,"something is not right".
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The next day, Miss Florence came to the manor with her everyday expression plastered on her face.
On the other side, Dana look a little serious today, after what transpired yesterday, she couldn't get a wink of sleep. Seems, this week was one of the bad weeks she will have trouble sleeping.
What she saw after touching the brown kitten, keep displaying in her brain and eyes. She couldn't shrugged it off her head. But one thing is certain, the kitten is either possessed or was not a kitten in the first place.
"Have you found your runaway kitten?" Dana interrupted during their lesson, having the governess to stopped midway of her teaching.
"I heard you get yourself one like mine, why?" Miss Florence eyebrow went upward in question.
Dana eyes darted left to right, unsure of what to respond with, however choose to say the half truth,"to prove something, surprisingly it only happens to your kitten, I guess" she add at the end.
"When you guess something, it was an embroiled, uncertainty feelings" Miss Florence tone was firmed when she said that.
Dana rocked her head in understanding, "Well, thank you" she said and continued, " I do doubt but not what I feel about your kitten... I advice you to be careful, are you...?" Dana trailed.
The governess swayed her waist to the left and put her weight on her left leg, squinting her eyes on Dana,"I'm curious, how did you know the kitten was stuck in a tumbleweed?"
Dana blink, she didn't see that coming, as it was something she have decided to keep to herself even from Amyas, thinking nobody would believe and will mistook her to be getting insane, since she already lost her memories.
Nonetheless, Dana decided to brush the question off by excusing herself, "unfortunately, it's time for my lunch, so sorry for leaving your question unanswered" she rose to her feet and elegantly walked to the door and left the library.
Miss Florence eyes narrowed on the young human back, her curiosity was piqued, the vampiress that was now a human do possess some ability. But what was it?.
The vampiress governess was clouded in her thoughts, henceforward the whole day.
She dismounted from the local carriage and pay her fare ride.
Her home wasn't far from where she alighted, it only required a short trek down the wide lane, that some small grasses were grown by its sides.
She met acquittance and her neighbors on her way back home. Poised as always, kind as ever, she curtsied to them, offering a generous smile.
Upon reaching her small house, she spotted an old woman who wasn't far from where she was, standing in front of her door with a small basket full of fruits.
Agatha, who was an old human, widened her smile on seeing the person she's waiting for, "Florence dear, there you are, I was waiting for you" She announced in rough voice, due to the old age catching up with her.
Miss Florence hasten her footsteps to meet the old woman, concern showed on her face she said,"Agatha, you could have sent someone, and I will come to your house. You don't have to trouble yourself coming"
The old woman didn't answer and stretched the basket that was fill with fruits towards the governess.
The vampiress look at the fruit in the basket and hesitate in taking the basket of fruits, she looked back at the old woman in question, who have a smile plastered on her wrinkled face.
"Little Peter was kind enough to pluck it fresh from the garden, and asked me to deliver it to you" Agatha explained.
"That brat!" she scolded the little boy who wasn't there with them, "you're too old for this" she declared at the end.
Agatha only laughed at Miss Florence, and let her know, "it is all right, this is an opportunity for me to see you too darling, as you hardly stay at home. God bless you child, I should get going before it gets dark"
Miss Florence bow showing her appreciation and watched the old woman walking back to the direction she came, wobbling and barely walked properly only with the help of the walking stick she held.
'It must be hard to be old' Miss Florence thought to herself, and heaved a sigh. She walk a few steps and insert a key on the door, when it clicked she removed the key, turning the knob and enter.
Upon entering the house, Brownie her kitten, who was on the other side of the house ran to her,
The kitten have its body leaned on Miss Florence leg, and start to rub its body, indicating its misses Miss Florence.
Miss Florence bend to put down the basket of fruits on the wooden floor, with a wide smile plastered on her face she picked the cat who was staring back at her with lovely eyes.
"How lovely Brownie, I missed you too, you must be hungry"
And the cat meowed in response.
Miss Florence carefully put the kitten on the dining table and went to kitchen, only for her to come back with a small bowl contained cat's food.
She placed the bowl in front of Brownie, and watch as the kitten happily buried it's head to chaw on the food. With a smile she pat the kitten head and went to pick the fruit basket from where she left it and walk back to the kitchen with it.
Miss Florence come back to the dining room with two knives clashing them on each other as if sharpening them, giving out a harsh sound which leads to the kitten lifting its head from the bowl to look at its mistress curiously.
"Did I scared you Brownie, my bad, I didn't mean to" she gently caresses the knife, humming a song... "would it be nice..." she trailed and a devious smile find it way to her face and her eyes glint.
The innocent kitten followed Miss Florence changed expression, a little scared, its move away from the bowl with a meow.
"...to just have a taste of your blood!" when Miss Florence finished her sentence, it sounds scary and eery coming from her, to think those words were coming from her, was strange.
Sensing this, the kitten readied itself for an escape, but it's too late to cry when the head is cut off.
Miss Florence grabbed the kitten firm and tight in her hand and lifted her knife up with the attempt to stab the kitten.
However the unexpected happened, because Miss Florence was seen flying backward to hit the wall with a violent force.
Strangely, the wall she hit cracked, sliding to the floor with her knife not in her grasped anymore to God know where it flew to. A grunt groaning was heard from Miss Florence, proving she was in pain.
"Fuck" that hurt like hell. She finished the words inwardly.
One could think the way the governess hit the wall to left a crack, she wouldn't be alive or her spinal cord would have been broken, strange as it was, she was fine.
Her vision blurred, that requires a shakes of her head before she finally was able to see clearly, and her eyes settled on the black silhouette body standing on the table staring back with .
The person was in black cloak, and doffing the hood, it reveals the ugly features of the person. A witch.
"You're a witch?"
"And you're not human" the witch retorted.
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