All is Fair in Love and War

Mother's Day Special

First of all Happy Mother's Day!

Wonderful Mother
God made a wonderful mother,
A mother who never grows old;
He made her smile at the sunshine,
And He molded her heart of pure gold;
In her eyes, He placed bright shining stars,
In her cheeks fair roses you see;
God made a wonderful mother,
And He gave that dear mother to me.
(Pat O'Reilly)

And Grandma's too...
While we honor all our mothers
with words of love and praise.
While we tell about their goodness
and their kind and loving ways.
We should also think of Grandma,
she's a mother too, you see...
For she mothered my dear mother
as my mother mothers me.
Author Unknown

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You were just taking a stroll around the garden when a swarm of flies manifest in front of you. You take a step back and form three young women. Bela the oldest Cassandra is the middle child and Daniela is the youngest.

"What can I do for you today Ladies?" you bow at them before lifting back up to look them in the eye.

"Do you know what day it is?", asked Bela.

"May 8, 2022, why do you ask?"

"No silly do you know what today is?", Daniela spoke next.

"Sunday I do believe."

"No you dumbass today's Mother's Day!", this time it was Cassandra who spoke irritated that you couldn't answer soon enough.

Your mouth forms an 'o' shape and they all nod. You had completely forgotten about Mother's Day. It was one of your favorite days since you and your siblings would come up with an entire day of games and a treasure hunt for your mother. A few of the fond memories you have of that time.

You are shaken out of your reminisce state by a pair of hands snapping in front of your face. "Huh oh ya what about it?"

"Aren't you going to do something for Mother?", Bela asks picking at some flowers probably making a bouquet for her Mother. You frown and turn to her helping her when she has trouble tying them together.

"Why would I do or give her something she's not my mother nor related to me in any way." You stated as you hand her the bouquet and stand up dusting off your pants. All three of them look at you with an unreadable expression then turn to look at each other and then back to you.

"Still you can do or get even make her something it doesn't matter if you are related or not if you can't already tell we're not even her biological children yet we still treat her as our mother and she treats us as her children," Cassandra speaks.

You sigh knowing you weren't going to get through them at all. "Fine fine I'll figure something out ok just don't bother me about it again I would like to finish my rounds before I'm summoned to report to your Mother." They squealed and hug you before dispersing into their swarms and going off somewhere. You shake your head and continue making your rounds killing a few lycans that made it past the walls and making sure that there were no holes in the walls where maids could escape.

During that time you thought over what you could do for the Lady of the Castle. You came up with a few ideas but they all seemed silly till you remembered the workshop in your room. Finally settling on an idea you walk to the Lady's study knocking thrice before you hear a muffled 'come in' and enter. The Lady is sitting at her desk holding her cigarette holder in her right hand and some papers in her left, her reading glasses resting on top of her nose. Her black sunhat sat on the desk to the far right and a glass of Sanguis Virginis was placed in front of her.