Its Friday but here's some writing from chapter 2 👀
ASCENDANCY - Ch: 2 Pov: Alma Hedera
Elpida looked like she was in a panicked rush as she hurried down the stairs. She hiked her skirt up with both hands, keeping herself from tripping on her dress and taking a tumble down the stone and wood stairwell. Seeing that wide eyed, excited yet concerned look and Elphida’s raised brows, Alma knew it best to part from her lady before addressing her sister. She did not want to stress Saria over servant matters if they were not urgent enough to report to the Crown. When it came to servant matters, Elph usually came with tales of stirring drama.
The Servant Master Yeardly’s cruelty, which young woman found themselves smiled at by the head-knight, or the gall of yet another aristocrat who thought the servants as unfeeling automatons.
Or… what the Crown was up to….
Alma turned from Saria after a polite chirp, “Excuse me for a moment…”
“Alma, Alma!” Elp partly whispered, partly yelled. Her shoulders rose and fell from the rush of scampering down the stairs.
“The guests I was serving, Lord and Lady Toivo of Anatoli-” she took another deep breath, letting go of Alma. She bounced on her heels and shook her hands to work out a nervous energy before she could continue.
“Settle down, Elly. Settle. Did they do something?” She held onto her sister's hand, taking it as gentle as one would lift a kitten. Alma waited anxiously for her sister to explain, a sore lump growing like a tumor in her neck.
“I went to check on them after some time -well first, they asked to be left alone for the afternoon.”
Alma leaned forward and frowned hard in anticipation.
“Spit it out, girl.”
Elp clenched her hand around Alma’s, glancing behind her shoulder as if to ensure nobody who wasn’t supposed to hear them was behind her. It wasn't that news would ever stay secret for long but she knew some things were important to keep under wraps. Elph was not stupid or naive, simply eager to share.
She whispered harshly, practically bursting at the seams to tell,
“I saw Crown Skalono in their bed.”
