Ken woke feeling warm, and comfortable, and safe ( Read more... )

Ken was a bit sore and tired, but he felt good about it. He’d learned a lot from Jennifer today. He still had a long way to go, but it was a start, and he felt he was taking steps in the right direction. He needed a bath, but that would have to wait until later, when the risk of meeting someone in the common area was less likely ( Read more... )

It took Yuuri a moment to realize anything was different. He’d been walking down an unfamiliar corridor in the local noble’s castle, balanced carefully on his special high-heeled shoes. His mother had gone all-out in dressing him up for the ball, even though he (or she, as the invitation read) had only been invited as a formality, so that the lord ( Read more... )

His sleep was deep and dreamless. It was only in the last moments that he saw faces materialized out of fog, memories faded in and out. He walked halls both strange and familiar. Wolf. Shinou. Anissina, Jennifer. Grumpy Gwendal. That horrible guard. The tall redhead. Gunter. Yuuri. Young Yuuri. He felt heavy, like his whole body was underwater ( Read more... )

Wolf stormed into the castle heading towards Yuuri’s room. Going to visit Wolfram and find out what his brat double was up to was certainly not a mistake! His uncle was plotting and scheming as usual and they both had to deal with unwanted advances from a visiting noble’s daughter. Luckily, they were able to fend her off and send her family packing ( Read more... )

Yuuri didn't know where to begin in helping search for Julia. He asked around most of yesterday, collecting any little information the guards or maids might have on her. But no one seemed to recall exactly where she had gone or where she might be. Yuuri even delayed this mornings jog to get another round of questions in. But, it seemed like a ( Read more... )

It felt odd, to be walking through the castle with Wolf. Out of habit or instinct, he drifted a little behind the other. Gwendal had made him Wolf’s responsibility, and he didn’t want to disrespect that. Though in a sense, that part of it didn’t feel very different. Wolf had been taking care of him all along. It just hadn’t been official. And, he ( Read more... )

Wolf didn’t feel very well. He didn’t remember much from the day before. This was a difficult thing for him to accept for two reasons. One, he wasn’t wearing any clothing and two... he wasn’t alone. Ok, he could handle that, he took a few deep calming breaths and cracked open one eye to at least figure out where he was ( Read more... )

Something was wrong. He was aware of this before he opened his eyes, before he was fully awake. Light was the first thing that registered. His cell-room was dark - always pitch black except for a line of light under the door - until he lit the lamp on the desk. But he could see light, even through his closed lids. The air was cool, not stale, and ( Read more... )

Wolf had spent another restless night. He was starting to feel better and more himself and he could feel his maryoku returning. It was still a bit weak, but with more rest he was sure it would get stronger in another day or so. He had been somewhat annoyed when he went to see Ken and was told Ken was sleeping. They needed to do better with giving ( Read more... )