The object of the game was to capture the state, and the way it was played was by wagering everything: family, money, power, and love. Love, you say? Well, as much love as a person of discipline would allow themselves to have when they were playing the game of states. That is what I would have said before I met and fell in love with her, the ( Read more... )

It was all pending. The truth was, she was delighted that matters couldn't be resolved for another fortnight. That gave her another two full moons to pray to the Goddess, another two moons to listen and search for the goddess' answer to her prayers. That was another full two moons of hope, and that was more than she'd had before. She did not ( Read more... )

The shine was gone from the apple before her hand had lifted it to her lips, but by that time she wasn't even looking at it. Her eyes were locked on the beautiful sapphire eyes of the smiling witch who'd helped the apple out to her and bade her to taste it, with a lovely smile curling the edges of the long lips. She knew what those lips would ( Read more... )