Chapter 4 Good Taste
Good Taste Chapter 4 Likoa sat at a table beside his unhappy wife, wrapped in a feather cape and rings on his fingers as he sipped wine from a wooden goblet and watched the festivities in calm amusement. The wedding feast was the happiest he had seen...
Chapter 8: Robin's Wish
Robin's Wish Chapter 8 Robin wasn't surprised to find her parents fighting and tearing each other's clothing off. It was standard behavior in Howlester Manor. Jonathan and Corene weren't aware, but there had been plenty a time when Robin had walked...
Chapter 7: Unspoken Desire
Unspoken Desire Chapter 7 Corene sat on the couch, holding back tears as she watched Robin rocking back and forth over the piano. She had never been so proud in her life, and the tears that threatened to rise were tears of joy. There the girl sat,...
Chapter 6: It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family Chapter 6 Howlester had an immense upstairs balcony where Duchess Victoria and Duke Verneus used to take tea in the days long before Jonathan was born. Jonathan and Charles were sitting on said balcony in the bright hours of the...
Chapter 5: Untouched
Untouched Chapter 5 The minute the tailor left, Zeinara climbed down from the stool and gestured her Beauceron slave to help her dress. The slave was a short female, nervous and always scrambling, who had been given to Zeinara on her tenth birthday....
Chapter 4: First Blood
First Blood Chapter 4 Ettoras stood in the breeze as the sun sank away in a watery soup of pinks and oranges. The first stars were winking overhead, and the soft roar of the waterfall was soothing. The atmosphere would have been very romantic if he...
Chapter 3: Prince Ettoras
Prince Ettoras Chapter 3 Ettoras sat on the crown of the waterfall, letting the cold foam rush around him as tightened his wings and concentrated on the water. He was a handsome young male, with the brilliant red fur of a fox and the sort of square...
Chapter 2: The Curse
The Curse Chapter 2 After the incident in the throne room, Etienne couldn't bring himself to see the child again. And he didn't for four weeks. Eventually, Nkwe came to him in his bedchamber, and after beating on the door for two minutes, he burst in...
Chapter 1: Six Years
Six Years Chapter 1 Etienne peered out the window at the golden light of S'pru, his paws behind his back, the light reflecting in a yellow swirl in his vivid blue eye. Long blonde tresses tumbled over the snug eyepatch he wore, while the rest of his...
Chapter 22: Morning Sex
Morning Sex Chapter 22 Yeneneshe hated the sewers of Conwil, but it was the only way to Naleli's house without being seen by the dog lords who lived in the town above. The moment the rain stopped - that moment being just before dawn - Yeneneshe led...
Chapter 21: Kissy Faces
Kissy Faces Chapter 21 Zeinara saw stars when the red vixen indignantly slapped her. As her cheek burned from the blow, she could hear the red vixen scrambling to her feet and demanding that Yeneneshe keep her distance. Yeneneshe dryly responded that...
Chapter 20: Soft
Soft Chapter 20 Zeinara was locked in bizarre dreams, shaking and unable to escape. She stood on the edge of an elaborately decorated room, as a young male knelt on paws and knees in the center of a wide canopied bed, taking it in the mouth and under...