“Eat up well” Ophelia smiled as she looked at her dog eating its food. Ophelia’s afternoons that once were spent by having tea with her sister,are one spent by spending time with her dog. It was all due to Aurelia’s busy schedule that the duchess made.

Suddenly, a person entered her chambers without any prior warning,making Ophelia look towards the person.

“......mother?” Ophelia spoke,confused that her mother would come to visit her.

“Good afternoon,daughter” The duchess said, Her white silky hair and blue eyes were dazzling just like Aurelia’s, only more mature.

“Good afternoon,mother” Ophelia stood up from the couch she was sitting on as the duchess neared, a few maids carrying a teapot,tea plates,tea cups and snacks.

“Let us have some tea” The duchess spoke as she took a seat on the couch opposite to her daughter. This confused Ophelia more,she was unsure about what really was happening.

Ophelia hesitantly sat down as the duchess with the flick of her hand commanded the maids to put down the stuff they were carrying on the table between them.

“..To what do I owe this honour to you,mother?” Ophelia spoke.

“I know that I haven’t really been a good mother” The duchess spoke.

‘What in character development? What the fuck happened?’ Ophelia thought as she continued to listen to her mother speak.

“But it’s not really my fault, you know, You’re 12 now and an Agnes tends to develop their powers by 11 years of age” Her mother sighed before speaking again,” I’m being overly concerned again now?aren’t I? Anyway, I know you are a bright child. And I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to give you any attention in the past years. I didn’t even realise it until your sister mentioned it. I hope we can forget what happened in the past and walk on a clean slate” The duchess spoke.

Ophelia was speechless. She didn’t know what actually initiated this character development of her mother but maybe it was for the good.

 “...sure” She spoke hesitantly. 

The duchess instantly smiled at her daughter and poured Ophelia’s and hers tea cup.

“Why don’t we start a new beginning with some tea and sweets? I heard from Aurelia that you like these sweets” The duchess spoke happily as she took a sip of her tea.

Ophelia nodded and smiled back,”sure”. Then she took a cupcake to eat,finally noticing mutt that was standing on the floor near her,looking at the cupcake intensely.

“You want?” Ophelia asked the dog as she teared a small piece of it and extended it towards the mutt. The mutt smelled it and pulled away.

“You don’t wanna?” Ophelia asked.

“I’m sure your dog’s not hungry yet” Her mother spoke with the same calm smile.

“Yeah. He just ate his meal” Ophelia said as she put the piece on the floor then took a bite of her cupcake. The dog barked at Ophelia as if telling her not to eat it.

Ophelia chuckled,finding her dog’s antics cute as she ate the cupcake.

Suddenly, Ophelia coughed out blood, her head slowly spinning as she could feel her body heat up in gradual increasing pain.