Quieter than ever, Lady Beneviento worked through her station, dropping, moving, scrapping, and cutting. Lady Angie sits neatly on the table next to her. 

I can't just hide Lady Angie, she'll make noises and alert Lady Donna; she'll always find her way back to Lady Donna. Maybe I could tamper with her mouth? I could sew it shut, or tape it together, maybe glue. When can I even get to Lady Angie without Lady Donna noticing? They're bound together like glue and paper. 

A maid like me shouldn't be interfering with my Ladies' choices, but I can't help it. I conjure up more plans in my head, hiding Lady Angie first while Lady Donna sleeps, then later taping her mouth?

Grabbing Lady Angie and hiding her outside after locking the doors? Maybe I could lock Lady Angie in something like the fridge or a box. 

There isn't much that I could think of. Lady Donna and Angie are the second of four lords. Both of them are high-powered, capable of getting what they want and defending themselves from some lowlife like myself. 

Perhaps I could hide something, or hide myself in order for Lady Angie to search for me alone. I just hope this works, and in the end, I hope to hear Lady Donna's voice. 

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"Maid! Bring us more threads--red is the preferred color!" I kept quiet, sitting right next to my cracked door with a piece of tape in my room. 

"You know I hate waiting, move your feet, maid!' Lady Angie's screeches are getting near my hiding spot. I get ready, hopefully she won't be too mad.

The door creaks open, and I move quickly, pulling at the person near the door into the room, and shutting it quickly. I didn't think Lady Angie was this heavy. The dark room made it hard to see since the door was shut, and my eyes weren't adjusted to the dark. I hear a quiet gasp, and I grab at Lady Angie and push her head to my chest, hopefully muffling her sounds. 

This was odd though, she wasn't screeching and struggling like I had expected her to be, and she seemed almost larger and heavier than the small doll had looked. 

"What do you think you are doing maid. Let me in that room!" Came Lady Angie's voice from outside of the door. 

"Shh don't make too much sound, Lady Beneviento might hear you." I push 'Lady Angie's' head closer into my chest. Now, I needed to tape her mouth, and see if I could hear Lady Benev-

Wait a minute, Lady Angie's voice outside of the door? Heavier and not struggling? 'Let me in that room?' Is this not- 

The door crashed open, light flooded through the room making me cover my eyes and release the person from my chest. I looked up to see Lady Angie fuming and other dolls surrounding her in the air. I looked down and-

"Lady Beneviento! I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were in this room instead of Lady Angie. I apologize, I'm sorry!" She got up, slightly shaky and put her hands up to cover the outside of her veiled cheeks. Did I stop her oxygen flow, I pushed her to my chest, and she's wearing her mourning veil. It must have been hard to breathe. Or maybe she's angry, she must be, she's shaking with anger and her hands must be covering the outside of her veil in order to prevent herself from murdering her only maid! Lady Donna walked nimbly out of the room, still covering her veiled face. 

"You idiotic maid, what do you think you're trying to do with Donna?"

"Well, it wasn't supposed to be her, it was supposed to be you." I retorted at Lady Angie. She was floating in front of me with her arms crossed, and an angry face. 

"You better watch it, maid, I won't be so lenient next time." She flew away, probably towards Lady Donna. 

She lied. 

The next attempt, I locked her outside, which failed through her control of the other dolls opening the doors. She threw a fit and threatened me again. Lady Donna taking no actions in stopping me, stopping Lady Angie and my arguments, or revealing her own voice. But, that won't stop me. 

Next, instead of locking Lady Angie somewhere, I decided to try my tape plan again. I grabbed Lady Angie out of Lady Donna's room during the night, and taped up her mouth. Once her mouth was finally covered up, I returned her to the room, and retired to my own. 

This was the worst attempt out of the past two. I woke up with my own mouth taped, along with my arms taped together which led to half an hour of struggling at 6:00am. I guess I deserved that.

My final attempt was bargaining. While Lady Donna was working, I grabbed Lady Angie and covered her mouth, shocking both Lady Donna and Angie. Before I could even speak a peep of my deal, Lady Angie bites me. 

"Ow--Ouch! Did you just bite me?"

"You idiotic maid, keep your grubby hands off me! I'll do more than biting."

"Like what? Your tiny body can't even reach me!" I put my hands on my hips and lean my head towards her. Lady Donna only returns to her work, ignoring the both of us like usual. 

Lady Angie reaches and pulls my hair, the both of us at each other's necks. 

While Lady Angie pulls my hair, I try and pull her off me which only results in more pain on my part. She screeches more curses at me as I do at her. 

"Get your grubby hands off me!" As I struggle with Lady Angie, I fail to notice myself stumbling closer to Lady Donna. One last push and one last tug makes me trip backwards. I try and grab whatever I can to keep myself upright, but I end up pulling a piece of cloth off Lady Donna's table, I think

Instead of hearing a triumphant 'Haha!' from Lady Angie, I hear a soft gasp.

I look up, Lady Angie is seated neatly on Lady Donna's table, and Lady Donna herself, she's--I didn't pull a cloth off her table I-I pulled the cloth off from her face. Her veil on the ground. 

She-she's beautiful. Her face pale, the veil dragged her hair, leaving messy pieces covering her left side. 

"Lady Beneviento, you loo-you look stunning." I couldn't stop staring at her, my eyes roaming around her face, taking in her features.

"I-I-Yo-You-" Her voice was soft and clear. Red was prominent in her features now. She had dark eyes and a beautiful face structure. Out of all her pleasing features, one dark feature covered the majority of her left face. She had a deformed scar covering her left eye, it was darkened in some areas, a different shade contrasting with the color of her face. 

"Hey, what happened here?" I reached up to sweep her hair aside to examine her scar closer, but, she slapped my hand away. 

Her face darkened, and she looked away before standing up, grabbing Lady Angie with her veil, and leaving towards her room. 

"Wait, I didn't mean to, I'm sorr-" I move to grab her, but dolls block my path. 

She headed upstairs and into her room.

She doesn't come out for a while. 


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