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"ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE BEST IDEA?" ELEANOR ASKED KATHERINE. They were riding in a carriage down the road toward the house of some guy that she had spoken to on their journey. "I mean, this is just some random boy that you conversed with on the side of the road for a mere moment."
"Nora, please calm down. You saw him. He was a very attractive young man," the Pierce woman corrected with a smirk, as if his level of attractiveness made everything so much better. Just because he was good-looking did not make this a good choice.
Eleanor bit her lip, looking out the window. She had been waiting for Emily or Adelaide to speak up, but neither of them did. So, she just sighed, reminding her, "You seem to forget frequently that attractive young men are of no interest to me."
"Oh, but they are of interest to me," Katherine pointed out, and Eleanor did not know what she expected. Her best friend did not care how her actions affected anyone else, as long as they amused her. She seemed to think that she was indestructible when really, there were people hunting them all of the time. The Chetwood girl knew that. She knew how hunters thought and their strategies. They were always there.
Eleanor just shared a look with Adelaide, her maid and female partner, and they were clearly both nervous about this detour. Were these people planning to kill them? Or worse, were they nice people that Katherine was planning to tear apart?
They arrived at a beautiful estate, and they climbed out of the carriage. A man helped Katherine, Emily, and Adelaide out, but Eleanor ignored his hand and climbed out herself. The boy that Katherine had met was standing in front of the house to greet them, his eyes immediately falling on Katherine. The men were always entranced with her and hardly paid any mind to Eleanor, but both women liked it that way. "You must be Miss Pierce."
"Please, call me Katherine," she told him, flashing him her charming smile before stepping out of the way to gesture to her friend. "This is Eleanor Chetwood."
"It's a pleasure, Miss Chetwood," he told her, and after kissing Katherine's hand, he moved to hers. She just nodded with a slight smile, not fully trusting him. Stefan would tell her later that she terrified him when he first met her. She had been incredibly intimidating.
