Chapter 13 Ellerie and her companions reached Snow Crown the next afternoon, still accompanied by the three stormborn soldiers. The snow had grown shallower as they traveled, and the soldiers removed their snowshoes when they stopped for the noon meal. The rest of the group decided to walk after that, giving the horses a break. An hour later, the trail was...
Thanks for reading my little story. I love comments, questions, and thoughts about how I can improve. Compliments are good, constructive criticism is better. Love it or hate it, I beg you tell me why. WORD COUNT: 10,150 * Ben walked into the lunch room. Microwaves hummed and dinged. The mixed-media aroma of last night's leftovers filled the room and a doz...
The Reluctant Duchess 05 Part 5 of a Hallmark-style romance reimagined for Literotica. This chapter includes the "Christmas Episode," a mainstay of the Hallmark Channel. Reading the prior chapters will certainly help you understand what is going on. The story is complete, and each of the seven chapters will be posted a few days apart. Thanks for reading....
Three more days passed on my voyage and I began to notice some changes occurring in the witch aboard my ship. The most shocking of these changes was that for two days she remained outside the ship. She would watch the waves below our vessel, she would listen to the songs the crew would sing, and she would stroll down the lower decks for no mere point other t...
Olympian Laughs to Conquer The warm, humid air of the pool inside Your Local Gym was heavy with chlorine, but since she had not gotten in yet, she smelled of apples and was dry in her one piece Speedeo, here to improve her freestyle stroke from me--the aquatics guy. We were both 20 something, me well-muscled but slim, she—Jill I learned—though not heavily e...
It was a dark summer night at the beach house. Ben had invited his two best buddies to spend a long weekend with his girlfriend Casey. He looked through his hazy eyes at Casey sitting across the table from him. Normally she was the most conservative woman he had ever met but there she was wearing a tiny aqua bra proudly displaying only what he had seen nak...
My vendor calls ran over, so I arrived a bit late for the hot tub christening, with champagne, plastic glasses for the tub, and a hundred dollar bottle of Bordeaux. I consoled myself with the thought that the dollar wasn't worth as much as it once was. The kitchen was filled with delicious smells and no one in it. But there were hands waving at me out the w...
CHAPTER NINE "Yes?" Caroline paused, thankful that the knock on the door had not caused her to smear the fair copy she was making of the letter in front of her. The paper that the Duke's valet had given her was far too expensive to permit her to use any more than she needed. The door swung open and the smiling face of James Stanhope appeared. Caroline ros...
This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. Either you embrace Change and are destroyed by it, or you resist Change and are overwhelmed by it. What is your choice? Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells. There is a bit of mangling of the Iliad g...
This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. You can do wrong while trying to do right. Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells. Thanks to NM for his help with Magyar terminology and titles and Budapest advice. There is a bit of mangling of the I...