"Certainly you won't mind, Dear Wood Consort, if I play with your maid for some moments?" Empress Consort Miseo was in a playful mood this late morning. Wen couldn't help but smile. "I'll miss her once you take her away," Wen said from her seat in the reception room, "but I can rest well knowing she'll be cared for." She gestured towards Yuwei. Faintly s...
The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable contributions made by Mike and Tina, especially Tina's willingness to share her promiscuity, as well as their constant encouragement to share this story. "Sweetie, I'd like to have a guest over this weekend," Jessica began after she had made Mike a fabulous dinner with all his favorite dishes and her best wi...
Author's Note: A male friend of mine seems to think that this story is "GrimDark." I'm disagreeing but I'm also unsure. I don't know much about that concept. What do you think? *** Itching. So much itching. That was the part that bothered her the most. The bugs. She'd scratched herself so much that she'd bled. Another part that bothered was the guard...
Early in the morning the day before her coronation, Liliana awoke and made her way from her bedchambers to a grand, but often empty palace rose garden. The garden, located in the heart of the palace, was off-limits to most, and a short walk from her bed chamber. It made a convenient and private toilet, and served as an excellent training ground for some of t...
Ziryha drummed her nails on her table as she watched the banquet unfold in front of her. She was immensely bored and only the effort of maintaining the magical illusion that cloaked her from the party's view was really keeping her awake at all. She was the only Rakshasa in Empress Rebeccah's inner circle and one of only four non-humans in the room. Much as t...
What was Lataa's sentence? The Empress Dowager was the one to come up with it, and the one to enforce it. One, Lataa would spend twice the amount of time imprisoned that Inka had, and in the same cell too, and also with the same physical treatment applied every day. Two, once Lataa was released from the cell, she'd be sent to her apartment and not allo...
The air was cooling down. Rain came. The sky had been so merry during the bath, but now it was dull. However, Rahela decided against wearing an additional layer. Rahela had to dress well. The gown she chose was of a dark red silk, no patterns and no braiding, but there was silvery ribbon trimming. The sleeves had long, wing-like shapes that opened up....
Liliana walked the cobblestone streets of T'ur, surrounded by her retinue of guards and courtiers. Before her ascension to the throne, she spent most her time on her estate in the country, and was largely unknown in the streets of the capital. At court, she had been known as a distant cousin of the empress, but no one payed much attention to her. Now, her ev...
Ch.10 Festival At Bricas (Part 4 : Aftermath) They spilled out carefully, heeding the words of Aribor, their saviour. It was dark outside. Aribor found he had been expecting daylight, but of course it was now well into the night. The events inside had not taken place quickly, and much time had passed as he had sought the help of gods and goddess and had bro...
Previously on Vice Cop, a European rock star responsible for murdering his own fans at his concerts and lavish shows, eluded the detectives who were after him. Hudson and Lexa confronted the villainous rock star who has set a death trap for them in an abandoned theater, resulting in his arrest. In this episode, you will again find the hardcore action and h...