462 Pia

Remembering that there were servant compartments near all the work buildings on the estate, the two females made their way towards that direction.

Along the way they noticed that most of the estate was emptied. They were able to make it all the way to the compartments where they were able to rinse off the sewage water from their bodies and clothes.

"Saavi, don't you find something wrong here? Where are all the servants?" Celaena the stillness to the area.

"Yeah, I know. There should be several servants and guards around this place...unless, the coup has already started…" With both of them hoping that isn't the case. They rush to finish cleaning up.

"How far is it to Lady Lyra's courtyard?" If this Lord Cohnal has started his takeover, Celaena didn't think they would be able to make it to Mika's mother without problems.

"It's where the main family stays, at the edge of the estate...about a hundred and seventy meters from here. Give or take a few…"

"Okay, I think we should just make a run for it. If we keep going at the pace we have been. It will take us longer to get there. Besides, with no servants and guards around, there is no use of us hiding."

Saavi thought about this for a second then agreed. It would be better if they could arrive at Lady Lyra' place sooner rather than later.

"All right. Follow closely behind me. If we come across any problems and get separated, head straight for the back of the estate, you'll find the residences over there."

"Okay."

The two ran out of the servant's dwellings and towards Lady Lyra's courtyard.

As the two were making their way towards Mikaela's mother, Pia left Lyra's courtyard to see about the situation inside the clan.

Trusted by her Lady, Pia moved stealthy in and out of the shadows to find any information she could about the coup.

However, she came into the same problem Saavi and Celaena noticed. Most of the estate was practically deserted. If, she did encounter another servant or clan members, they would be so scared of who side she was on that they would start attacking her and each other to get away.

"This won't do…" Pia said to herself after pushing away a derange maid, who pulled out a kitchen knife to stab her with.

It was chaos as she got closer to the front of the estate. She wanted to keep going, but was afraid that she will get herself killed if she did.

Pushing her worries to the side, Pia decided to head towards Lady Delju's residence. Maybe, she will be able to gleam some information off of her.

On reaching Lady Delju's residence, Pia felt something was off. The door was wide open and it was silent around the courtyard.

"Did she leave to join Lord Cohnal?" Debating whether to go in or not, Pia bit the bullet and snuck inside the house.

Knowing something big must have happened here but seeing no corpses, Pia left the residence and decided to head back to Lady Lyra.

However, just as she was about to leave she was stop by a few of Lord Cohnal's men.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Ten lecherous males stood in front of Pia. "What are you doing in Lady Delju's place?"

Pia looked at the males uniforms, noticing that they were not of the household guards. 

Thinking it would be best to lie, she came up with an excuse quickly. "I was one of her maids, I haven't heard from her so I came to see if she was okay…"

"...and is she?" A male, who seems to be the leader of the bunch step forward and asked.

"Um...I-I couldn't find her. She is not inside…." Pia point at the wide opened doorway.

The leader looked behind him towards his nine peers with a scowl on his face. Lord Cohnal sent them here to find his brother and to finish off Lady Delju, if she is alive.

However, if what this maid says is true then Lord Cohnal's brother is mostly likely dead and the Lady Delju probably got away.

They were going to be in trouble when they report back to Lord Cohnal.

As the group of males stood there thinking of what to do, Pia started to slowly walk away.

She had seen the leering looks they gave her, and she didn't want to stick around.

"Wait! Where do you think you are going?" The Leader called out.

Pia was further away from them than she was before, but not enough that they wouldn't be able to catch her if she decided to run.

"I need to get back…." Pia spoke as she kept walking away.

"Hey, get back here. We are not done yet!" The leader shouted out.

Pia ignored him and sped up her paced, once the leader and the rest of his men realized that she wasn't going to follow his orders. They took off running after her.

Pushing her legs as fast as she could, Pia ran down the alleyways trying to lose the group of males chasing after her.

Though these males were suppose to be soldiers that should be able to catch up with Pia easily, Lady Lyra didn't just train her daughter's body.

Pia has been Lyra's companion for much longer than Lord Mano; and although she doesn't have Lyra's and Mika' skills in combat, her body is much better than your average maid's.

"What the...hell... is this...maid on!?" The leader clutched his side as his muscles began to cramp up.

Pia ran down the next alley, knowing she only needed to turn the next corner and she will be able to lose these males in the confusion of the hysterical servants and clan members running about.

Unfortunately, as she reached the next corner Lord Mano and Lord Cohnal had already started their fight and several structures were hit and damaged. Resulting in a barrier block of rubble in the alleyway exit.

Having to slow down her pace so she doesn't trip and fall, or worst get crushed under falling debris. The group sped up, using this opportunity to catch up with her and drag Pia back into the dark alley.