Helping Hands

"Are you the new woman sent by the Council?"

The sudden question and the unfamiliar voice pulled Seraphina's attention toward the person who suddenly appeared next to her. As someone who had trained for nearly two decades in physical combat and different forms of martial arts, her senses used to be always on alert.

But it seemed like things had changed a lot ever since her death. Someone sneaked up to her and she failed to notice it. While half of it was due to the loud sound of water that was gushing out of the machine, the other half was because she had her guard completely down.

As she noticed the stranger, she quickly turned off the machine and shifted her full attention toward the woman standing in front of her. She also noticed the three children who were busy admiring the certain areas that she had already watered.