Chapter 25: One last time
Music Recommendation: Les Arbes - Thomas Newton
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When Anastasia entered the rear of the kitchen, some of the servants were busy cooking food and sending another set of servants to serve the dishes to the guests all across the palace. Theresa was wiping the island slab when her eyes fell on the young woman, and her eyebrows furrowed.
Dropping what she was doing, she quickly walked outside to meet Anastasia and was about to ask what she was doing here, but instead asked,
"Is that kohl?"
Anastasia nodded. She moved her hands to ask Theresa, 'Do you know how to remove this?'
Theresa pursed her lips before nodding. She said, "Go to the stable. I will see you there."
After waiting at the stable for a while, Anastasia watched Theresa walk towards her with a bowl and the softest cloth she could get her hands on. With no one around and only a lamp burning at their side, the older woman asked,
"I thought you were going to leave, what happened? Did the guards stop you?" She then said, "Sit here."
Anastasia whispered, "What is that?" Eyeing the bowl.
"It is warm water," Theresa dipped the cloth before angling Anastasia's face.