"So they are here then ( Read more... )

John had steepled his hands, sitting back in his chair as he watched one of his most trusted informants relay the information he was seeking ( Read more... )

Mira stepped out of her room after John had been waiting there, stealthly quiet, for the last hour. He watched her lithe form wrapped in a thick dressing gown as she turned from her door toward the stairs, not having seen him at the other end of the hallway past her door ( Read more... )

( John and Mira discuss things over dinner, and the offer is brought up again )

John sat up after having lounged in the sun long after young Hannah had left, and he took up his journal and pen and began to write.She was so beautiful. Golden blonde hair and the bluest eyes I had ever seen. So tiny I thought I would crush her with the lightest embrace. Stubborn as a mule when she was determined, but soft as a feather when she ( Read more... )

La Jarretiere Verte had not been open for more than an hour when John dropped in for a visit. He was immediately greeted by a few folk that recognized him and received smiles from those who did not know him but sensed he was a gentleman of some importance among his friends. He had decided to dress his finest tonight to add to his commanding ( Read more... )