Chapter 303: The troubles of beautiful East.
Faced with his first peacock attack, East Ridley took off in the direction of the set where the second season of The rise of Lady Blanche was being shot.
Just when Sigrid was about to call for someone to save him, more peacocks flew out of the enclosure and run after him, joining hands to attack him.
Sigrid hurried after them, calling out for help as she leaped over a bucket of water that a stable boy had dropped when East bumped into him. She couldn’t help wondering what people would think if they saw her like this, dress bundled to her knees, undignified, running after peacocks.
She was just catching up when East turned around and headed back in the direction they had just come from, slapping the peacocks away with his hands. Sigrid turned on one leg and shouted for East to stop. The more he run, the more feisty the peacocks became.
As he reached the front courtyard close to the fountain, Sigrid’s eyes widened. Surely he would not meet the same fate Roland and many employees of the estate met at least once a day! There was nothing the Thorin peacocks enjoying more than pushing their poor victims into the water fountain. They were bullies, simple and plain.
One of them bit East on the buttocks and he screamed.
"Just take the cloak off." A gardener shouted.
East’s hands fumbled, his movements were bizarre as he rushed to remove the cloak from his body. As he flung it away, Lord Fluffington leaped in the air, sharp talons out in full attack mode.
He was aiming for East’s face. To save himself, East willingly jumped into the pond sized fountain.