Chapter 9 - Exploration Ⅱ (2/2)
Rowan shrugs in reply when suddenly, loud angry footsteps can be heard. Out of sheer reflex, Rowan and Severus hide under the covered dining table. Rowan and Severus scramble underneath as they become silent and wary. Their years of instincts of living in a violent home wouldn't just go away in a matter of days or weeks.
”Eileen, stop this instant!” Sirsa Prince roared after the stomping sullen figure of her daughter. Rowan and Severus glance at each other and shrug as this was a normal occurrence of their child. And ever since arriving at Prince Manor anytime Eileen left her room, she would pointedly ignore the twins and get into a sparring match with her mother, before stomping back to her room.
”What do you want, mum!” Eileen snapped as she whirled to face her mother.
With a frosty gaze, Sirsa says, ”You are behaving quite irresponsibly, Eileen. Have you seen nor much less spoken to your children since you've come?”
”They are perfectly fine!” Eileen growled. ”They have everything they could possibly ever want and more. What more could they possibly need?!”
”They are merely children,” Sirsa hissed back. ”It does not matter how mature a child is for their age, a child is still a child!”
”My children are quite independent and are perfectly capable of taken care of themselves,” Eileen bellowed back. ”Enough is enough! This is exactly why I never wished to return in the first place!”
A brief emotion of hurt flickers across Sirsa's face as she manages to keep her face firm as before. ”And yet here you are,” Sirsa flatly said as Eileen's face distorts with rage as she storms away to her bedroom.
Sirsa shoulders deflate as she tiredly holds her head as Dawn appears with a food cart. ”Dawn, I'm not feeling very well tonight, I will be retiring early to my chambers,” Sirsa murmured.
”Yes, Lady Sirsa. But would you like a cup of tea and biscuits later?” Dawn asked.
”That would be just lovely, Dawn,” Sira sincerely said before stalking away.
Dawn is quiet as she eyes the dining hall and sighs to herself. ”Young master and mistress, you can come out now,” Dawn said as she flicked her finger as the food platters float off of the cart and neatly onto the dining table without so much as spilling a single drop.
Rowan and Severus emerge quietly from under the table. ”You won't tell anyone that we were here, will you, Dawn?” Severus quietly asked.
”No, Dawn shan't even if asked,” Dawn said with a toothy, comforting grin.
Rowan and Severus stride over to Dawn and give her a tight hug. Dawn pats the twins on the back and says, ”There, there now. Why don't the two of you eat early and Dawn will tell the master, that you were hungry and ate early?”
”Mm,” Rowan and Severus hummed, before letting go and sitting down to eat. After all, it would such a waste to not eat Dawn's cooking. And though Rowan desperately desired other types of variety, it was still quite the fine-tasting meal.