Aunt Adelie felt she’d scored a point against her brother when Gervaise Belmont joined Marie and Nefis at the rear of the riding party. Marie instantly latched on to him as an escape from Nefis, and visibly snubbed the latter for the rest of the ride. Marie was feeling…
Chapter Two Whatever Trebout was feeling that night, he needn’t have felt foolish. The exquisite lace of Marie’s traveling dress was enough to make the ostler of the Meriwether recognize a very rich customer, disregard the lateness of the hour, and procure for her the finest rooms available.…
Used to walk through the mud, A frown on my face, Because it would spread, Get all over the place, Reach up to my ankles, And that was enough. I would feel sullied, And long for your love. When was it, oh Lord, That I plugged my nose, Tested the…
Setting: The fictional estate of the fictional Duc DeLaFlote near port Lorient, Bretagne, France. Date: 17something... Under cover of darkness a cloaked figure made its shadowy way over the courtyard wall to a window. A candle was lit in the sill, and the light spilling forth into the courtyard illuminated…
Wind so cold, so bleak, so dark; I felt it pierce me to the heart. I shivered cold, the rain fell fast; Each breath I knew could be your last. My hair hung loose, blew o’er my face; Somehow I knew the depth of grace. I stood beneath the…
“Never go into the woods without Skip,” Father always said. The smoke from his pipe would curl up around his newspaper and obscure his eyes. Though obscured, I knew they held resolve, and so I always obeyed him. Skip was always with me, wherever I went, like a shadow. He…
Somewhere in the night you met me. My defenses were down and you found me. My pillow was wet with tears of pain; I thought you had left but you’re with me again. And I’m lost and defeated; I’m feeling cheated. But you are here, Whispering in…
I guess it started during Christmas break the year before. I was sitting in the academic advisor’s office for the first time in my life, and Mrs. Arthur was blinking at me. She does that a lot. I heard once that women blink twice as much as men, but…