Poison

''Do you live under a rock here?'' Sent asked.

Lucas was staring at her wide-eyed.

''Well, I did hear that the virgin boys have been graced with a woman, but nobody is saying if the woman is an Usylon or not.'' Lucas was insterested in this information.

''It would be announced during the union, but since I am a maid there, I already know that the girl is an Usylon. Apparently, an Usylon survived the clearing. Everyone would be so shocked to discover that their guesses are correct, and that's why I'm here.'' Sent explained.

''You are a maid?'' Lucas was almost on the floor because Sent hit him with so much shocking information, he didn't know where to start questioning her from.

Sent nodded.

''I have to be a maid for the Usylon girl so that I can stop the uinion, and I repeat, that is why I am here.'' Sent started to search Lucas' house.

''Do you still have that poison? The one that puts you to sleep for two weeks. Still got it?'' Sent asked.

Lucas stared hard at Sent, then he nodded.

''Yes, I still have it.'' Lucas leaned against the wall, staring at Sent.

''You went to live with the Prince of Persia because you wanted to help your ailing mother at the hospital. You have done that, Sent, why are you still there with him, helping him to do all these dirty jobs. Do you know what would happen to you if you are caught trying to stop thr union?'' Lucas asked.

Lucas was Sent's original boyfriend. Sent had left her Kingdom, Gromos when her mother fell drastically ill. She went out to look for money to help her mother, and she got lucky enough to meet Prince Bane who took a liking to her. Sent eventually got the money she wanted and was able to save her mother, but instead of her to return to her Kingdom, greed took over and she remained there in Persia, helping Prince Bane to do all sorts of evil that his father and ancestors had committed.

''Please, Lucas. It has nothing to do with you. I told you, I will retur to Gromos when I am done with Bane. I have plans, but for now, stay out of it. Let me have the poison.'' Sent stretched her arm out and waited for Lucas to do as she had said.

Lucas didn't move just yet.

''I don't have time to stay out here with you all night. Remember that I am a maid, I am expected to return to the Vandersar palace in less than thirty minutes. Give me the poison. I will look for another time to come and visit you specially.'' Sent was getting frantic.

Lucas knew hecould not do or say anything that would make Sent change her mind, so he pointed at the poison.

''If you get caught, you had better not call my name. I have a recording of me talking you out of this, just in case you want to move mad.'' Lucas showed Sent the door and bade her farewell.

Sent snatched the poison and walked out without saying anything.

Faster than she had journeyed to Lucas' home, she returned to the Vandersar palace, hunching over and pretending to be the lowly maid, Macy.

Sent entered the palace seamlessly as she was able to beat the time frame that the servant at the gate gave her.

By the time Sent arrived at the palace, everyone had gone to bed so she had the space to visit Roger.

''I have got the poison. Now, we just have to look for a way to give it to the wretch.'' Sent looked deviously at Roger who was visibly shaken.

''Coward. Why are you shaking like a leaf? Did you not come in here to make sure that the union didn't hold? Why are you now acting so afraid?'' Sent was upset.

''Okay. So when are you going to give the poison to her?'' Roger asked.

''In the morning, when I am serving her tea.'' Sent spoke obviously. That was the perfect time.

''But, if you do that, they will easily trace it back to you.'' Roger became even more afraid, thinking that Sent's plan was too porous.

Sent smiled and shook her head.

''I feel insulted, Roger. Do you really think I will let my guard down like that? Of course I will put the poison in the tea pot right away, and then make the tea in front of everyone and serve the wretch. That way, nobody would say I did anything to her since they all saw me make the tea.'' Sent flashed a heavy smile, as far as she was concerned, she had a grand plan under her sleeve.

''Okay...'' Roger said, faking a smile.

''I hope it's actually just to make her sleep past the day of the union. I hope it won't kill her?'' Roger still had some iota of humanity in him.

''What if it kills her?'' Sent asked.

Roger shook his head.

''No. No, I can't have blood on my hands. Don't kill her. Just make her miss the union.'' Roger was pleading.

''Fine. It's not going to kill her anyway.'' Sent was done with Roger being so afraid, and started to leave.

''Do I need to do anything for you?'' Roger asked.

Sent shook her head.

''Don't just act so afraid when the time comes, or else we will be fished out.'' Sent slammed Roger's door and left him to his brooding.

Fear had overtaken Roger, and Sent could tell. His aura had depleted drastically, and she swore that she could hear him squealing under his breath. Roger had never killed anyone before or committed such a heavy wickedness against anyone. All he had been asked to do was keep an eye on the Vandersar palace, and inform Prince Bane anytime there was a woman for the Princes.

But this time, Roger regretted accepting to take Margaret Usylon out of the way.