<div class="floatright">(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyh74SNkD1r7wrq1o1_250.png)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;"><strong>Valoria on a mission</strong></span></span></div><br/>Valoria merely nodded meekly at his words since she was not looking forward to any secret rendezvous between them yet there did not seem to be a method of escape for her. He appeared to have this plan in motion for a while now, and she was unfortunate enough to fall into his clenches like a poor lost lamb. Utterly defenseless. It was tempting to lower her eyes from his since the intensity of his gaze made her feel uncomfortable. She was used to being ignored most of the time unless assigned some type of task by Aelia or one of her guests. Even if a male looked at her, it was never for an extended amount of time. His words did not make her feel any better since in her mind it was the worst type of punishment that was sure to get her and her sibling into trouble if anyone ever found out about this hideous agreement.<br/><br/>The other servants and slaves under Aelia’s emply weren’t too fond of her due the strictness in which she controlled the household in their mistress’ absence. Some were waiting with greedy hands for her to fall so that they could reap the benefits of her destruction. “I completely understand, Gaius. I will not attempt to free myself from your trickery since I see no possible escape from the matter.” Her words were spoken honestly without hiding the sadness echoing in her mind, slightly mixed with pure fear. Fear for herself and her sister. She highly doubted this future encounter would be enjoyable since they were gambling a bit too highly for her liking. Her nose wrinkled as he mentioned the possibility of her sister watching as he copulated with her.<br/><br/>She was quite surprised when he reached out to wipe her face before narrowing her eyes with suspicion. If she didn’t trust him before this little talk, then she truly distrusted even this action of sympathy on her part. All he need to do was release her from this plan, not wipe her eyes when he was the cause of the problem. Now, Valoria was entirely aware that the rumors about him were completely true. There was a motive behind each of his actions. She forced the gloom from her face, replacing it with her usual neutrality.<em>Enjoy your day.</em>It was like salt on a wound, and she turned from him without a backward glance.<br/><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxl8lfdU8G1r7wrq1o1_250.jpg)</div>Aelia was in a state of where she truly didn’t care about Gaius since she wanted to get into the carriage as quickly as possible upon seeing a beggar coming their way. “Damned people. Always begging instead of working for their coin.” She steered out the path where the beggar intended to intercept her before moving over to where Gauis was leaning down by the wheel. She completely ignored Valoria's attempt to tell her something. "Gauis, I want these carriages moved out of this city immediately." She grimaced as some strange man brushed passed her while walking in the opposite direction. The disturbance set her teeth on edge as she fought the need to go back inside of the inn and wash herself. She spoke again through gritted teeth as her eyes glared at him with distaste, "You should have woken up earlier to fix these wheels. Hurry up so that we can arrive before nightfall to see Livia." With that she turned to stomp away towards her personal carriage, intent on ridding herself of needing to see the city until the scent was gone from her nostrils. Valoria and Latona exchanged a look with each other as they helped Aelia into the carriage. Speaking without words, Latona instantly knew that something was wrong with her usual prim sister. “Aelia, how would you like some of your favorite grapes during the remainder of the journey?” Aelia cut them a look before thinking about it for a moment. She did enjoy grapes. "Go quickly and get them for me." Both of the moved to get the grapes, but Aelia gestured for one of them to get into the carriage. "It doesn't take two to get one job done." The twin's conversation would have to wait as Valoria climbed into the carriage to change Aeila's shoes to the sandals. It wasn't long before the other twin joined them as well, and they waited for their journey to continue.