Return to Lord Hawthorne's

Lillica walked out into the courtyard while Count Agist was still greeting the new knights that Lord Hawthorne had apparently been gracious enough to give to him.

Count Agist thought he should at least send a thank you letter and honestly he was a little worried at first that those knights were here to get in without any form of resistance by claiming fealty to him when they were still loyal to Lord Hawthorne.

When the surrounding knights saw Lillica walking towards Count Agist in her beautiful flowing white dress and long black hair flowing gently in the breeze, they all felt their hearts skip a beat. Count Agist naturally had a bad premonition that this was probably related to her in some way.

"What did you do?" Count Agist eyed her warily.

"Me Sweetie? I behaved... for once..."

Lillica then walked up next to Count Agist, caressed his back gently and said with a voice loud enough so others could hear "I just got lonely waiting for you in your bedroom all alone Agi!"

Count Agist wanted to strangle her, but he thought she might enjoy it. The maids already had enough of a misunderstanding and now the rest of his staff and his knights would as well.

The new knights from Lord Hawthorne immediately knelt again, this time facing Lillica, the knight towards the front shouted "We greet thee Lady Agist, we shall serve you as we serve our new lord!"

"Oh? Lady Agist? Has a nice ring to it, you should get one of those." Lillica said teasingly to Count Agist.

"Nay good knights, this is Lillica, the daughter of a friend of my late father here to pay her respects in her father's stead."

Some of the knights chuckled thinking that Count Agist was just being coy and didn't want to admit he had feelings for this woman that had entranced them on first sight.

Lillica wrapped one arm around Count Agist's and gave it a squeeze then whispered in his ear "Lorraina and I have some business to attend to, behave without me..."

Count Agist nodded and felt slightly relieved that she would be leaving.

From the window, Lorraina watched Lillica interact with Count Agist and she started to feel strange, like something was eating her from the inside.

"Am I jealous? And of a human?!?" Lorraina said to herself as she continued to glare out the window.

A loud crash came from behind Lorraina as a tray and some glassware on the tray were dropped on the floor.

The maid carrying the tray had dropped the tray in shock. After she recovered, she saw a beautiful red haired woman in a white dress where she had initially seen what looked like a demon.

"A thousand apologies milady! Seeing you gave me a fright and I dropped the tray."

Lorraina turned to face the maid, cursing herself on the inside for forgetting to cast her illusion again, then walked up to her and caressed her cheek.

"It's ok, I promise not to mention it to a soul!" Lorraina said and winked at the maid.

The middle-aged maid felt her heart skip a beat even though it was another woman, when the maid looked at her eyes she wanted to dive into them. The maid felt hypnotized as Lorraina moved closer and closer, the maid dared not move as Lorraina's face moved closer to hers. The maids breathing intensified when she felt Lorraina's breath.

As the maid was about to close her eyes and succumb to whatever Lorraina was about to do, Isadora had yelled "Hey! Are you ok?"

The maid was standing in front of scattered glass fragments that littered the floor, but she was not moving and Isadora was worried the maid had a problem.

Hearing Isadora's voice, the maid came back to her senses and looked around for Lorraina. She couldn't see Lorraina anywhere and thought to herself "Was that a dream?" while bending over and picking up the glass fragments and putting them on her tray.

Lorraina giggled to herself while standing behind Count Agist's bedroom door. She would let the maid live as the maid seemed to believe she was losing her mind.

"Lorraina, it is time to go." Lillica said softly as she materialized next to Lorraina.

"Ok! Can you leave the one that touched me to me?"

"Sorry Lorraina, my love, he doesn't deserve even one second longer than we've already given him..."

Lorraina felt a chill come from Lillica. Lorraina loved this side of Lillica the most.

Lillica took Lorraina's hand and they both faded away together hand in hand.

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An hour later, Lillica and Lorraina reappeared outside of Lord Hawthorne's manor. While all of his knights were now serving under Count Agist, a handful of guards still patrolled the manor completely oblivious to Lord Hawthorne's demise.

Lorraina and Lillica cast their illusion spell upon themselves again and walked up to the manor like they were meant to be there.

The guard by the front recognized Lorraina and waved them down. "Good to see you again, Lady Lorra, was it? Who is this woman?"

"She is my sister, Lilly, she too would like to show how grateful she is to the powerful Lord Hawthorne for freeing her."

"How is that possible when Lord Hawthorne's knights have no returned yet, did you come ahead of them?"

Lorraina was about to curse herself for finding the one guard in the place with common sense, but this guard seemed gullible so she replied, "Of course, I couldn't bear to see that dreadful place any longer than I needed to!"

The guard smiled and then opened the gate for Lorraina and Lillica "You may enter miladies, and if the lord is still asleep, feel free to share that gratitude with me!"

"Oh of course hun!" Lorraina and Lillica both caressed the guard's cheek as they walked past him, the guard was momentarily dazed.

The guard knew how beautiful Lady Lorra (Lorraina) was, but this Lady Lilly (Lillica) actually seemed so beautiful that she had made him ejaculate just then from only her touch on his cheek. In his stupor, he wanted to try and find any reason to make her stay, but when he came to his senses the front door of the manor was just closing behind Lillica and Lorraina.

Once inside the manor, Lorraina took Lillica to Lord Hawthorne's bedroom where she last remembered seeing the guard that had touched her. Fortunately the guard was still standing outside the bedroom door of Lord Hawthorne, on the opposite side of the door was a maid holding a tray with a tea set with hot water steaming out of the small kettle.

The maid was about to enter the room when Lorraina called out "Don't wake him, I promised I would personally wake him." Lorraina said with a wink.

The maid blushed thinking about what this meant and offered her the tray with the tea set on it.

Lorraina accepted the tray and then slowly opened the bedroom door just enough to back herself in with the tray and Lillica standing outside glaring at the guard. Lorraina motioned for Lillica to follow she closed the door behind Lillica once she entered.

"Why did you want the tea set, are you that thirsty?" Lillica asked.

Lorraina laughed and said "I think you're rubbing off on me sis, I had an idea that we should frame a maid for his murder and draw attention away from us!"

"That's an amazing idea Lorraina! Can you tell me how you plan to do it?"

"Well... that's um... can I get some help with that?"

"Of course, your willingness to learn is one of the many things I adore about you!"

Lorraina smiled proudly and was hoping for at least a pat on the head and she was not disappointed.

"Who do you feel gave off the most killing intent here at the mention of Lord Hawthorne?" Lillica asked.

"Mmmm... most of the maids did, the one outside was one of the stronger ones."

"Excellent, now it is time to have her murder Lord Hawthorne."