He hadn't done cartwheels when the news spread that the outposts had opened again, but that was only because someone would probably ask why he was imitating Evan McCartney. He did change into his visiting-the-publisher clothes and popped out for what was meant to be a thirty minute meeting with his editor. Release forms, refusals to do book tours, ( Read more... )

He was supposed to be back in Montréal before the new year. He had accepted missing exams in a (comparatively) calm sort of fashion--had worked out sitting them from home, gotten a Wisconsin doctor's stationary for Caleb to sign off on his terrible terrible 'mono ( Read more... )

Peter isn't exactly what you'd call a jock. He's pretty much the opposite of that, honestly, and spent most of his time in the locker rooms at Harrow getting wedgies and getting picked last for football and rugby and lacrosse and polo and pretty much every other sport that poncy English aristocrats liked to play to make them feel robust and vital ( Read more... )

I don't know about this one.It was a few weeks ago that Alasdair first came up with the brilliant plan to find an apartment and/or house in Town and move out of the Castle, but honestly? This is the first week he's had a chance to look at places. There have been papers to grades, exams to mark, Christmas shopping to frantically finish so he didn't ( Read more... )

Between getting reports on how the HR department is doing under Karin's supervision, making sure rehearsals of the Clubs caroling party go as planned, giving Eileen her daily tutelage in music, and handling all the other things expected of a Jack, Elani can add something else to the list ( Read more... )

It's not something to worry about.

Those are, however, words Elisha has been saying in some configuration or another ever since he and Hadyn came back from Chicago. And it's a blatant lie. Maybe you're talking about the current Deck quirk; maybe you're worrying about something entirely different. It's all good, Elisha's in default reassurance mode

Black and white were the traditional colours in a kitchen, and the kitchen staff at the Ivy adhered to this tradition. White coat paired with black trousers, black shoes. None of that chequered trousers nonsense ( Read more... )

Somehow, at some point, Jordan had become the person people complained to. And so when it became evident that something was wrong with travel outside, no less than four people complained to him about it - including a Castle guard who was returning from visiting his brother, one of the Hearts' border guards ( Read more... )

She's had it all planned out. Presents are bought, dress picked out for the Diamond bash, yearly fragile truce worked out between her and her mother and brother for Christmas dinner. All ready ahead of time so she doesn't have to rush about like some people ( Read more... )

Evan isn't supposed to be coming back to the Deck until Christmas time. He's in fact supposed to be studying this weekend. He will be studying this weekend. Definitely 100% going to spend time studying here despite not having his study group to force him to when it starts to get boring ( Read more... )