Just in case.

If needed

Work in progress.

Curled up in front of the large fireplace in her father’s study, Pansy tucked her bare feet beneath her and reclined on the surprisingly comfortable sofa. She would likely always think of this room as “father’s,” even though the man in question had been dead for over ten years. Parkinson Manor was her childhood home; old habits died hard ( Read more... )

It was unusual for Ava to be summoned to Julian’s office in the morning. As always, though, her time was his to arrange, and she stepped up to Dominique’s desk at five minutes to nine. With a smile, she greeted the secretary, explaining that Julian was expecting her on the hour. She had no illusions that the woman was in the dark as to what what ( Read more... )

He’d called it a day a little early. The recent string of events he’d been working were all just about finished, and Lysander figured he’d earned a bit of extra time relaxing with the gorgeous witch in his life. He hadn’t bothered to owl; these days it was only if he wasn’t coming to see her after work that he sent a message. In truth, it was ( Read more... )

Julian Vaisey had a secret ( Read more... )

Promptly at seven, Lysander arrived outside Parkinson Manor. He rapped smartly on the door and waited for one of the elves to let him in. It had been quite a while since he’d turned up on Pansy’s doorstep, and he found this time brought a sense of excitement and anticipation beyond what he’d felt in previous visits. Being a grown up seemed to ( Read more... )

My dear Miss Parkinson,

As promised, I am writing on the first of the year to request your company for an evening of dinner and dancing. Would this coming Saturday be convenient?

Your faithful servant,

R. Lysander Montague

Since being released from her bi-monthly parole meetings at the Ministry, Pansy had begun to relish having the freedom to do whatever she liked, whenever she liked. No longer was she forced to tell a barely-literate Ministry employee with whom she’d conversed, where she had gone, why she’d withdrawn sums of money from her Gringotts accounts -- she ( Read more... )