The second Aurelia closed her chamber door, she leaned against it and dropped her confident façade, breaking into quiet laughter. Only then did she notice her heart pounding, the butterflies in her stomach, the rush of adrenaline from what she'd pulled. Her handmaids made their way into her bedroom via the discreet staff passages, all with mixes of horror and shock on their faces, only to find their mistress in a fit of giggles by the door. 

What she'd done had been crazy, and [i]so[/i] far outside of the acceptable behaviour of women of her stature, but she couldn't help but be childishly proud of herself. Not only had it been great fun to watch Ser Asher squirm, but it had been