Dreaming.
That's what the two girls thought was the farthest they could do, until they found themselves in the gnarly old streets of Ketterdam.
With book characters coming to life and illicit secrets at deadly stakes, Jan Van Eck is back, stronger t...
"Well, I- , Kaz probably instructed them about something and I wasn't present-"
"Then why did I send you there?" Heleen snapped, standing up from the velvet armchair "Answer me. Why else did I send you?"
"You uh-, you can't expect me to be there all the time you know. That would get them suspicious" Daphne answered back, though his voice came out low and brittle
Daphne could see the displeased look on her face. He held back from speaking more, and was about to step right away towards the door when Heleen grabbed onto his wrist, scrunching up his long white sleeve, revealing the Menagerie's tattoo, compulsory for every worker "Do not forget where you belong." she sneered, her voice displaying the resentment.
The guards were standing right beside the door, their faces showing nothing.
They were probably used to this, Daphne thought.
"I need to go. I will have to accompany one of the girls."
"Will you now?" Heleen slowly released her grip, Daphne quickly putting his hands in his pocket "I'll be accompanying Lynn, the other girl, Vivienne will be going with Zephyr"
Tante Heleen thought for a bit, her mind dwaling with shrewd, shrewd ideas.
"Well then, I want you to kill the girl you're accompanying. Lynn is it? It will make the job easier."
How could someone, so casually order a person to be killed, he thought to himself.
Without answering, he swiftly headed towards the door, and just as he was about to to turn the doorknob, the dreadful voice called to him.
"Wait."
He stared towards the doorknob blankly, before hopelessly turning around. He felt as if he had become a mere puppet, a vessel of some sort, and most parts of his soul were emptied by her.
"You still have work to do" she tauntingly smiled at him.
