Ceres Aduro Caligo
The most beautiful flower can hide the deadliest thorns...
The promise of blood was always a wonderful way to start the day, and as she walked down the hall Ceres was in a fine mood, almost beaming with vigor and happiness to be spending time with her beloved mistress. It was quite out of character for her, considering her normally cold demeanor, but such was the effect Adira had on her, and such was the cause of her mood heading towards the throne room, hopefully to pass judgement on some poor fool who would, if she was lucky, become her breakfast, or well, her third breakfast to be more accurate. Despite the fact she hadn't been up that long, her endless hunger had already driven her to consume two full breakfasts, and one maid who had spilled water on her. Did that make three breakfasts? Or did the maid count as part of the second breakfast... hmmm, not that it really mattered, it had all been very satisfying, or at least delicious.
Stepping into the throne room behind Adira, Ceres couldn't stifle a cruel grin as she saw the man trembling in front of the throne. She smiled at a touch on her shoulder, and moved to deposit herself on a oversized, luxuriously soft pillow Adira had situated next to the throne room for her handmaiden to relax on while the queen held court, something she was always grateful for. She paused for a moment to look at the servant with contempt as he tried to defend himself, to save his pitiful excuse for a life, sneering as Adira cut him off suddenly, waiting for her to decide what to do with him. Ceres beamed as her hopes were answered, with the queen deciding not to torture the man, handing him off to her instead as she beckoned a servant out of the shadows, ordering the girl to go fetch Harald. This caused Ceres to forgo her typical playful torment of the man in her clutches, she didn't want to be distracted from the meeting that was about to happen, so she crushed his throat before dragging him to her seat, nestling deep into the pillow as she tore into him with vicious fangs. When in public, she was a shockingly tidy eater, not even a single drop of blood soiled her clothing or her seat.
Ceres perked up immediately when Adira spoke of purging the lower servants, bloodstained lips spreading into a beatific smile. "Oh, that would be just divine Mistress! It has been some time since you dealt with your incompetent servants. Shall we clean them out and replace them with beings who have a modicum of intelligence? It would be my pleasure to do so for you!" Despite the fact she was currently eating, speaking of a slaughter of that magnitude only sharpened her appetite, her tongue snaking across crimson lips before she tore into the remains of the unfortunate in her hand with renewed gusto to distract herself until Harald arrived.
Fortunately for her, she didn't have to wait long for the big man to arrive, though he didn't really do much other than ask Adira what she desired, which Ceres had to admit was probably the best possible move she could have made. Now she had to wait and see exactly what it was that Adira did want, and whether or not Harald was able to deliver.
...Come, join me in my garden.