Chocolatiers of the High Winds by
H.B. Kurtzwilde
A gay steampunk adventure. Follow the weekly travails of young Mayport Titus, and his intercontinental airship journey to restore the fortunes of the Titus Chocolate Company. (Do you need to start at
Chapter One?)
Chapter 52: Focus
Mayport left the house early the next morning, long before the sun had risen. He did not allow himself himself even one kiss of his sleeping husband. He had every intention of returning, and claiming what was his by right.
He made his way to his factory and walked through, admiring the machines Joseph had devised and installed. They were nothing like the monstrous contraptions his father had created. Joseph had reduced the process to simple steps, and created engines to perfect each one. Frog presided over the production line, and lived in set of rooms near the factory itself. No amount of spoiling could persuade the boy’s return to Titus Farms.
It was he who found Mayport sampling the wares, and frowned with suspicion. “What are you doing here?”
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