ay would she have shown as much dedication and enthusiasm to the house chores as she

t as extraordinarily talented in various types of weapon fights with many of them being master practitioners in magic. Each and

ms pay exorbitant prices to have access to even one of the Panthers. They have earned the love a

kim the sun but that does not stop Maria from wishing, nor

eep in the bed they share, and she snuck out to begin her chores. The door to their room

sed behind her. "What the devil are you doing up so early?" She asks, makin

she was cleaning the floors w

obvious?"

a bony hip on edge of the table, cocking a brow at her in a

ly. You took thirty more minutes of my sleep with your noisy shuf

to get out of bed without waking her alone should qualify her to be a panther already. Despite the excrutiating care she has taken to

? Like, you know, preparing for work?" She ask

mother with a wasting disease that cannot be cured, things had swiftly gone from comfortable to downright wretched for her family. Her mot

made her life a daily living hell. Everything they make goes to keeping their mother alive and taking her pain away, though the medications leave her groggy and

ould have no business with." She says knowingly and steps forward. S

l patience ends up making her feel foolish and she looks up defiantly. Lissa

released and Lissanya's has been shorn to her shoulders. They both have a deep startling shade of green eyes, though it hasn't escaped her notice that her sister's has been looking quite dull for a while. Their resemblan

's eyes

estival." She says and grabs the rag

march by fast, don't they? To think I did not make any plans th

back on her hunches, looking at h

ming a Panther is the one thing you have ever truly wished for and it is cruel of f

e, avoiding her sister's eyes. If only

mean, do you know what they have to go through to even be considered worthy of being trained?

orner of her eye was not twitching from holding such

, Maria, but fooling me is not one of them

is not until her sister cocks a brow at her that she realise

y last chance, Liss. This is the last time that I will be able to s

he ever think she had in facing off against the world as a panther? Even as she thinks that, she has the uncomfortable prickling feeling that it is

yday to beat at the world until the littlest pennies fall into their hands all so their mother can live a little longer, and only a little thing has been asked of her and yet she resists. Because she would rather take her

all of her desires but it

sister says gently and be-damned tears spring into her eyes. "You'll only be r

g her gentle, loving mother wasting away from battling her demons, her once smiling lips pinched from trying to hide her pain from her family, it kills her inside. Hers is not an i

mother. The Donquille family have already done alot to help her and her family stay afloat. Once she and Pierre Donquille are married, they are going to ensure that

ould look as far down in the social hierarchy as she and that the infamous Donquille

a reads in her eyes but she

rt to throw caution to the

d heard her right "What?" She asks

ps curving in the mischievous smirk tha

ompletely changed. It wouldn't hurt to give yourself this one break before you are well and truly bu

ith hers and concentrates on the fact that her sister just found out about her nefarious plans and has given a

y both fall on the floor. When they separate, they are both grinning as widely a

anyone could ever ask for?" She asks, snatch

given in to each of your reckless plans." She says, the smile still lingering on her l

clothes to perfection. Steylla and I have it all figured o

to any good." She says, heading out, pro

rself wouldn't hurt, she thinks, scrubbing away happily, her mind going over the plan once more. If only the two sisters h