Clifford's Manor
She walked hurriedly, worried about her fate; "I hope they saw nothing," Jasmin reasoned as she quickened her pace, holding her gown's hems.-
Clifford's Manor is the biggest of all Lady Bella Clifford the first villas. Her family resides there, and it's home to her.
The manor has over twenty rooms, it has three big gardens, it has five large kitchens, and it has a huge courtyard, mainly for receiving visitors. Each room has a study room, a restroom, and a bathroom.
The manor also has two libraries, one contains modern books, while the other library contains ancient books, the ancient library was abandoned because of an old scary legend.
The Clifford's Manor is an ancient house, which has been built thousands of years ago.
"Hey you, have you seen James Junior?" Jasmin asked a startled maid.
"Me?" The maid looked surprised, Well it's not her fault because Lady Jasmin Clifford never talks to maids.
"Yes you, or have you suddenly turned deaf?" Jasmin asked, raising her voice angrily.
"Apology Lady Jasmin," The maid quickly bowed, afraid of Jasmin's anger
"Just answer my question maid, I don't have your time!" Lady Jasmin thundered furiously at the poor shivering maid.
"I saw saw saw... " the maid stuttered in fear, shivering as she spoke.
"Ahhh! You are so useless!" Lady Jasmin scowled at the poor maid before leaving.
"Jasmin, are you looking for James Junior?" Catherina asked her cousin. She has been scrutinizing Jasmin suspiciously for a while.
"Well yes, I want to see the young master, " Lady Jasmin replied with a faked force smile.
"Hmmm, " Catherina squinted her eyes skeptically; "he is with the baby wolves," she replied, still suspecting Jasmin.
"Oh! Thank you so much, Catherina," Lady Jasmin appreciated her cousin and left hurriedly.
"Why am I suspecting her?" Catherina asked herself curiously, "Well," she shrugged her shoulders and left.
"Hmmm!" Jasmin took a deep breath before turning back, she quickly looked at the curious Catherina, a cunning smile on her face.
After a short walk, Jasmin got to the baby wolf's house cage.
"James Junior, are you there? " Jasmin yelled, She wanted to enter the cage, but she was afraid of the wolves, because whenever they saw her, they turned aggressive and wild, barking and growling at her.
"Enter, my wolves are sad anyway, " the little sad voice of James Clifford Junior echoed in the cage.
"Okay, " Jasmin muttered and carefully entered the house cage.
The cage was decorated, it's a large house and it contains normal household equipment. The only difference is that the house belongs to seven baby wolves.
The baby wolves loved Yasmine and they were devastated when they heard that their little Luna was missing.
"My baby boy, " Jasmin coaxed the little lord.
"Aunty Jasmin, the busy bee?" James was surprised and he stared at his ever-busy aunty in shock; "What are you doing here? What do you want?" He asked rudely.
"Now James, don't be mean to your poor aunt, I am here to check up on you," Jasmin Clifford replied with a friendly and enchanting smile.
"Since when do you care about me?" James asked weakly, he was tired and hungry.
"Hey James Helly Junior, Aunty Jasmin loves you, she is just too busy," Jasmin replied with sadness in her eyes.
"Yasmine is gone Aunty Jasmin, She disappeared, and vanished into thin air; I couldn't protect her, I failed as her big brother," Poor James Junior replied in tears.
"No, you didn't fail her, you are just a little boy, there was nothing you could have done, so don't cry, it wasn't your fault darling," Jasmin coaxed the little boy, embracing him tightly. Her eyes color flicked as she hugged the boy.
"James Junior, I need your help, " Jasmin said to the boy softly.
"What do you need Aunty Jasmin?" James Junior asked politely.
"I want to know what happened, what did you see?" Lady Jasmin Clifford asked her nephew, a little spark was in her eyes, but sadly James Junior failed to notice it.
"Wolf! Wolf!" The baby wolves barked at James Junior eagerly.
"Oh see, hmmm! My poor baby wolves are already missing their little Luna," James squealed in sadness.
"Well, I guess so. Anyway tell me what happened," Jasmin demanded with a low squeak.
"It all started when baby Yasmine kept crying for mummy.........
Flashback ..
"Rocky, she is crying!" Sam said to her fellow nannies in horror as the baby girl screamed louder, shaking the room walls.
"Oh heavens! Have mercy on our souls! Our Luna queen is in pain!" Rocky, a middle-aged woman cried on her kneels.
"Let's sing a lullaby for her," Samantha suggested without thinking.
"Okay, I will sing for her," Lora volunteered, relieving the nanny's burden.
* Hush baby, our future Luna, rescuer of the worldwide,
Hush baby, don't you cry, billionaire Luna queen,
End of flashback.....
"When I got to baby Yasmine's room, I saw, I saw... " James stammered, tears freely rolling out of his eyes; "it can't be, " he murmured.
"Tell me James, what did you see, tell me, I am your aunty, " Jasmin raised her voice, frightening the poor boy.
"Get your filthy hands off my brother now!" Lady Bella Clifford the second thundered, shaking the house cage with her voice.
......
After a lot of persuasion from Catherina, Lady Clifford the Second decided to put off her mourning clothes and focus more on her little brother.
"Where is James Junior? " Bella the second asked Catherina curiously.
"He should be with Jasmin, I mean she was looking for him a few minutes ago," Catherina replied absentmindedly.
"What! Jasmin is around!? " Bella the second growled, she tightened her fists, ready to break some bones.
"Now calm down Bella dear, Aunty Jasmin looks so sad and pained, he should be safe with her," Catherina replied, cautious of her words.
"No! No! I will kill Jasmin, I will kill her if she hurts my brother, how dare she!" Bella the second yelled at the top of her voice. "Where are they? " she asked, her eyes screaming for powers, just like her mother's.
"At the wolf house cage, " Catherine replied anxiously.
"Hmm," Bella the second sighed and left her room, a deadly look on her face.
After searching the wolf house cage, she couldn't find her brother, so she hurriedly ran to the baby wolf's cage.
.......
"Bella the second, calm down, I am here to help," Lady Jasmin Clifford tried to calm her angry niece.
"We don't need your help! Now hands off Junior or else I will break your hands! " Bella the second threatened, her eyes glowing as she spoke.
"Bella, how dare you speak to your aunty in that manner? Huh, am I your mate?" Jasmin yelled at her niece.
"Oh! So you just realized that I am your niece, right?" Bella the second asked with a menacing voice.
"Oh, Bella, I am so sorry, I know I haven't been the best aunt to you and James, please forgive me, " Jasmin begged, Her eyes were red and she looked sorry.
Bella the second felt pity for her, so she dropped her anger, and the next thing she felt was a sharp pain in her head. She fell to the ground hopelessly.
"Now, back to you Junior, what did you see?" Jasmin asked the poor boy softly.
"I, I saw my mother m....... " James Junior stuttered before fainting.
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