You'd think murder would have flexible availability, but no apparently it is set to the earliest of morning. It's too early in the day for killing princes. The first three times Morgra and I set our plan to action, at a reasonable hour after lunch but not before coffee, the potion had congealed and no longer would could be used. Instead of wasting time sleeping and enjoying what was left of an already lost couple months bogged down by fires,hangings, and witch trials; Morgra had decided our new plan. We were going back to the classic route- good reliable hemlock.
"Ethel, stop dilly-dallying!" As if treading through leaves in the dark while still waking up were not a task in itself.
"Do you have the .."
"Yes, and hush or you'll blow our cover" She says as we are now sat in a pile of dead leaves, dirt, and snail carcasses. Prince Charmaine was suppose to be on his morning walk of the grounds, chaperoned by guards. At the moment of their leaving Morgra and I would sneak into the castle in our maids' clothes ( borrowed by said maids) and slip the droplets into his breakfast wine. Our plan B was to put a couple droplets of peanut oil on the beloved hound- Caesar and let Prince Charmaine's allergies do the rest, but we couldn't risk hurting the hound- we are murders in the making, yes, but we aren't in complete lack of heart.
Writing prompt : "it's too early in the day for killing princes" Thank you to Kate from Kate'sNovelIDea ( http://katesnovelidea.blogspot.com/) for giving me the inspiration !!
I love these characters! There's so much personality in this piece, and I want to read more about these witchy assassins!
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