Love can move mountains, they say. I am certain that greed and fear will accomplish the task faster.
Love can move mountains, they say. I am certain that greed and fear will accomplish the task faster.Laurent de la Fleure to Henrietta d’Arringnon - 1693
The rising sun behind the man obscured his face as he persistently shook Henrietta to wake her up. When the fog of sleep dissolved, Henrietta realized that de Brangelton was drumming a call to arms on her bedframe.
“Good morning, mademoiselle.”
mademoiselleThere might have been an innuendo in his half-singing, or she could be mistaken. He stepped back as soon as she rolled onto her back to sit up.
He jumped back. And turned away. He was fully dressed and armed. His silhouette, outlined against the stark white wall, could be an image fr
