It was a brilliant plan, but she had to tell the Marechal, or he would be upset. The Chevalier was at first indifferent to the Marechal's suffering and anguish, until Rosalind mentioned that the he would probably cause all manner of trouble if his mistress suddenly changed her mind and pledged her love to another man. At this point, the Chevalier agreed. She...
On Friday Lisa went to the hospital by taxi, having arranged for Duke to pick her up at the hospital. She began her 10-hour day at 7:00 and actually finished at 4:45. That gave her time to grab a coffee and a sandwich after having a shower to be waiting, fresh and relaxed, when Duke arrived a few minutes after 5:00. He was of the ute and holding out his hand...
Duke was seconded to spend a fortnight in Dubbo, working at the head office on the mining company that employed him at Thompson. He was filling in for the executive electrical engineer (planning and infrastructure) while he was on holiday. The company provided him with one of the ground floor apartments it maintained for visiting VIPs so he took Misty with...
Thelma arrived from Dubbo just before noon. Duke, wearing only shorts, wondered should he offer her tea but she kissed him, rather like an elderly aunt, and said her tongue was hanging out; did he have beer? "Yeah come and look through the house and then take a couple of cans down to the spa pool in the garden shed. Naturally the heater is switched off." "...
In preparing her daughter for Paris, Madame de Chartes warned her, "If you judge from appearances in Court you will be deceived; truth and appearance seldom go together." That faded rose would twitch her skirts, and continue her discourse. "Ambition and gallantry are the soul of the court. There are so many cabals, men and women alike playing, that love is...
Author's note: I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has been reading The Twilight Dragon series. I had a lot of fun writing this story and I appreciate everyone's patience. I plan to write a few shorter stories in the future so I hope you will look forward to those as well. Happy reading! ***** Climbing the hill wasn't as grueling a task as I...
Princess Mary noted Rosalind's pink cheeks. She had already been vexed by the Queen's messengers asking for the letter. Ostensibly, that jealous woman believed the letter to belong to the Viscount de Chartes, her favorite. Mary had sent them away with some thin excuse that the letter was in the clothes she wore yesterday, which had gone abroad with their kee...
The Marechal noticed Rosalind appeared quite troubled as of late. He knew she was in love with the Duke, but something else must have happened. He arranged their room for them, only this time there was an arrangement of flowers with some refreshments for her. She frowned as he opened the door. "Am I really so melancholy?" As always, the Marechal locked the...
The Chevalier was watching the Prince. It was clear the man struggled with some strong emotion. He wondered what had passed between Rosalind and him when she made her request to stay in Colomiers. From way the Prince kept looking at the Chevalier, he had a feeling she had revealed their private trysts to him, though he wasn't sure. The Prince, he wasn't angr...
After dinner on Nikki Armstrong's first night in the farming and mining servicing town of Thompson, situated around 225 miles south-west of Sydney, her host Duke Caine insisted Nikki call home to tell her mom where she was and what she was doing. "Mom will hit the roof when she finds I have left Sydney and when I tell her I got your phone number from Angela...