The Jaguar Star (Tales of the Were Jaguar Island #4) - Bianca D'Arc Page 0,8

barroom brawl, despite the flawless nature of her beauty. Her voice, when she spoke, was slightly accented and a bit husky. She told Katrina that she was originally from the mountains of Chile but had moved to California when she’d decided to try her hand at acting. She’d been in two films since moving to the States, but this was her first time working with Sonia and the others. She had no old friends in the cast, but she had already met a few of the crew, including the makeup artist, Francesca, and fight choreographer, Greg Mendez.

Adela called Francesca over, and as Sonia drifted away to talk to someone else, the three women struck up a conversation. Francesca had lustrous auburn hair, and Katrina remarked on how lovely it was, which brought up the topic of how Sonia wanted both Katrina and Adela to look for the shoot. Sonia, it seemed, wanted a more realistic-looking portrayal of the Robin Hood legend. There would be little make-up used. Only enough to create the illusion of natural beauty.

Katrina wasn’t at all sure what Francesca meant, but she was sure she’d find out when they started work over the next few days. They were running on a very tight schedule, and Franny, as she asked to be called, was happy to discuss what would be expected of Katrina and Adela as far as the amount of time spent in the make-up chair and how early they would start each day. Franny even had a file folder with schedules she had worked up for each of the women and was happy to hand them their personalized versions of the make-up schedule.

Katrina was glad to have it. That piece of paper was just one more piece to a puzzle of how she’d be spending the next few weeks. She’d even created a special planner just for this project, which was tucked into her luggage. Tonight, she would dig it out and insert the information from Franny’s schedule into her master plan. Piece by piece, it was beginning to come together.

The last thing she wanted to do was forget where she was supposed to be or what she was supposed to be doing. All of these people were veteran actors, and it was important to Katrina not to let her inexperience show. She’d vowed to be on-time, prepared and ready to work whenever called upon to do so, which meant being certain she was using every hour efficiently. She was here to work, and she meant to put her best foot forward.

That thought firmly in mind, she accepted Deirdre and Franny’s invitation to get dinner together. The rest of the crew was arriving tomorrow, and there would be a group dinner event tomorrow night, but the arrangements tonight were casual, and everyone was fending for themselves. Some were opting for room service after the long day of travel, but the two women were planning to try a little bistro down the block, and it sounded like just the ticket to Katrina, who was starting to feel peckish after the eventful day.

Chapter Three

They left together when the group started to break up and headed outside and down the street to the little café. There was outside seating, so they got a table in the courtyard and ordered drinks while perusing the menu. Katrina was impressed by the offerings and opted for a light meal of salad and soup. The other girls ordered appetizers and a whole lot more. Katrina almost envied them the fact that they worked behind the camera and didn’t have to worry too much about gaining weight. Of course, they were both gorgeous enough to be on-camera, but she guessed maybe they didn’t have the desire to be in the spotlight. Some people didn’t, Katrina supposed.

“We got lunch here yesterday,” Franny said as she put her menu aside. “Their sandwiches are awesome. I can’t wait to see what they do with the dinner menu.”

“Have you been in town long?” Katrina asked out of curiosity. She had never been on a film set before and was curious how it all worked.

“About a week, in my case,” Deidre answered, pouring water for them all out of the large bottle at the center of the table. “I’ve been working on making sure all the sound equipment is here and is in working order. Plus, there are some technical aspects on one of the nearby locations that I wanted to check out. We’re using one of the local