Negotiations took hours, and I was thankful that my role in them was very minor. There were hundreds of things that needed to be hammered out, but Amaryllis and Valencia (with the most cunning devil she could find) were both up to it. No one ever said out loud that if we wanted to, we […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 103: Contract
I sat there, staring at Finch, trying to figure out my options. Killing him was certainly an option, but I didn’t actually know what he wanted, and it almost seemed like we were on the same side. “Carrots,” I said. “What kind are you offering?” I was implicitly admitting that most of what he’d said […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 102: The Adventures of Valencia the Red
“And you’re okay with staying behind?” asked Mary. “I am, you don’t need to ask me again,” said Valencia. They were in the hotel room together, alone. Grak was putting up wards in the other room where the tuung were staying, and Joon had taken Fenn to go find out if there was another way […]
Worth the Candle, Ch 101: PPROM
I’ll admit to a bit of panic. “How serious is this?” I asked. “Serious enough for the hospital,” said Amaryllis. Her voice was steely calm. “Labor needs to be induced, because it’s been twenty-four hours without it happening on its own, and the baby is going to be preterm, which means she’s likely going to […]