End game

Hey, girl," Amelia greeted when she walked into the living room and saw Sera sitting on the couch. "Did you miss me?" she playfully asked as she hopped on the seat beside the Luna.

Sera smiled at her. "Yes, I absolutely felt dead and depressed when I woke up this morning and realized the love of my life had gone out without telling me," Sera responded over dramatically.

Amelia threw her head back and laughed. If someone had seen these two ladies together, they would have thought they were the best of friends. No one would have ever imagined that one of them was actively trying to poison the other, and no one would ever expect the other was just waiting to strangle her friend.

Sera dropped her phone beside her and turned her full attention to Amelia. "But where did you go?" she asked, half-curious and half-suspicious.

"Oh, didn't James already tell you?" Amelia asked. "He asked me to go and check on some people that live at the edge of our borders, just to make sure that they were safe