A week and a half had already passed. I'd fully taken over being Corazon's handmaid. I realized my time was running out. The air around us servants was getting a bit tense. The day of the marking drew nearer and nearer. I needed to hasten the process.
It was time for me to enact my plan. The lady and I had gotten a bit close, or at least on my side I thought she'd warmed up to me. But the big question was, was she warm enough to send me on errands. I needed to find out what it was she needed the most, and I had a vague clue.
Every night, she'd disappear into the room farthest from the door, the one I noticed something gleaming on my first day, then she'd come out extremely happy. She'd ask me to keep watch that no one came in while she was there. That made me know it was something extr
