It's only been about two weeks since Lillianne's arrival. Today, the Pageant Corp had another sexy newcomer. She assumed the position of secretary to the Chief Operation Officer after the previous one passed in an accident a few days ago. You may have guessed who the newbie is.
"You must be the vagabond werewolf who is now King Leander's assistant. I have heard a lot about you. Anyway, I am Elara. I come from the Evgenis clan, just like Lillianne."
During lunchtime, the werewolves who worked together met. They used Theo Greg's room again as a secret base.
"You must be the vagabond werewolf who is now King Leander's assistant. I have heard a lot about you from Lillianne. Anyway, I am Elara. I come from the Evgenis clan, just like Lillianne," the newcomer greeted him first.
"It's my pleasure to meet you, young lady," said Theodoros, bowing his head slightly to show respect for her. "My name is Theodoros, but you can call me as Theo Greg here. I hope you enjoy your time here in Pageant Corp."
"What enjoy? You think we will have time to playing around? Little do you know that the biggest war in werewolf history might be coming soon." Elara sauntered over to Lillianne who had already occupied the sofa. She then sat next to her best friend. "But it's been quite fun here so far. I hope things will get better, though. With your help, of course."
"I hope so, Young Lady. I just want to reasure you that I am always here to serve you both. You can ask for my help at any time," said Theodoros as he approached the two female werewolves.
Elara didn't answer. She just eyed the man.
'I didn't expect that he would be quite attractive. As expected, Prostatis Clan always produces the best male ever.' She kept those thoughts to herself. 'But, I can't let my guard down because of that, though. The purpose of my coming here was to ensure his devotion to Lillianne. I still doubt of him. He could betray her at any time and even endanger her.'
"By the way besides us, I saw a few other werewolves around here, though. You have been here a long time, so you probably already know them. Do we need to watch out for them on this mission?" Elara diverted the conversation to another topic. It was also his way of looking after Lilianne.
"You don't need to worry about all them, Young Lady. They are all just low caste werewolves who work here just to make a disguise -- just like me. They also come from other kingdoms out of Notos." Theodoros suddenly took a pile of papers from under the table. "I predicted that you would ask that, Young Lady. That's why I prepared their complete biodata. From there, you can check it everything about that. I also included their origin and clan."
"Wow, you are quite prepared." The praise just came out of her mouth. She accepted the papers and flipped through them briefly. "I will check it later. Anyway, how do I contact you if I have something to ask?" She closed it not long after and ignored it just like that. She then glanced at the male werewolf again.
"Oh, forgive me, Young Lady." Theodoros took out his gadget. "Can I get you phone number?"
"Sure. You can type yours here."
Elara raised an eyebrow as she took out her cell phone and handed it to the assistant. When she glanced at Lillianne, her best friend, giving her a teasing glance.
'What?' She mouthed.
'You are so predictable.' Lillianne mouthed back.
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At the same time, another Lillianne did her side job as a teacher at Evelyn Davies' school. She returned the students' drawings after grading their work today.
"I love all your pictures. Everyone did a great job." Her words were immediately greeted by applause from the students. "Anyway, although everything is great and I love every single of them. I want to give special appreciation to the only student who got an A for this subjct. I think he is so talented, that I believe he will probably become a professional painter in the future. Please give a round of applause to Evelyn Davies."
"Wow, for real?"
"Her again?"
"No way. I thought it's me!"
"Is she that good? I think I am better."
All the students seemed surprised by that. They turned to the said student. The shy child immediately lowered her head because of that. She was uncomfortable being the center of attention.
"This is her drawing, guys. Don't you think she deserves it. It's really good, isn't it?"
Lillianne showed off the drawing in question. All the curious little eyes turned their attention to her again.
'Woah, that's indeed good. Better than the previous one.'
'She draws very well.'
'I like it.'
'But why does she always draw the sea and beach?'
'Ah, she drew her parents again even though she doesn't have a mother.'
'How could you say that, Bob. That's rude!'
While everyone was talking about her, Evelyn Davies seemed to be hiding even more. She awkwardly sat at her desk while lowering her head.
"You don't need to be embarrassed, Evelyn. You should feel proud instead. You really did a great job on this. Don't you think so, guys?" She livened things up again.
"Yeah! You are good, Evelyn!"
"Let's applaud her again, guys!"
Everyone cheered her up again. Evelyn Davies still looked awkward, but Lillianne could see the hidden happiness in her. Her eyes looked brighter than usual.
"Uhm, thank you for the encouragement, guys. Thank you for the kind words too, Ms. Guinn. But, it's not that good, though. You are just praising me too much," he said in a low, barely audible voice. Her face flushed shyly.
"No, we praise you because it's really, really good. Look, it's so beautiful. You also enriched it with attractive colors," Lillianne showed off the picture again.
"Yeah, you are amazing, Evelyn."
"Good job!"
"Thank you," she said again in a whisper.
"But, can I ask something?" One of the boys in the other corner suddenly raised his hand. "Your drawings are very good, but why do you always draw the same thing, Evelyn? It was the same in previous classes. Does it have any special meaning?"
"Yeah, I remember you also drew the sea at the previous drawing day. Is there a special reason?" asked another student.
The little girl immediately lost her smile at that moment. She looked so nervous and lowered her face again. Lillianne captured the change in her reaction well.
'What happened? Why?
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