Aila's Ramblings - 9/28/23
📢 BREAK: October 4-14, 2023
I am out of the country on a covid-postponed trip to celebrate my mom being cancer free. :)
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TWHoC: Chapter 16 - Worst Meal of My Life
As long as she could remember, water had been a part of her life. Her father was the magistrate of a seaside town on the capital island of the West Islands. Her mother was a sailo...
2023-09-15 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 15 - I Can't Die Yet
A sudden pain shot through her shoulder as her body bounced from one side of the carriage to the other. If it weren’t for the cushion wrapped around her, she was afraid that there could be ...
2023-09-13 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 14 - Pray to Whatever Gods You Believe In That I Don't Survive
“You exiled her to the Forbidden Valley?” The Third Consort’s eyes were large, and Iris also couldn’t help but look at Luther with surprise as he took a seat on a large, plush chair i...
2023-09-08 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 13 - You Really Dodged an Arrow
From the wide-eyed, almost slack jawed fallen expression on Luther’s pale face, it was obvious that he never expected her to respond. He stood in place, frozen for a moment as the Grand Hal...
2023-09-06 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 12 - Once the Coronation is Over, I'm Leaving
“Collapsing was your only option? Was it too much trouble to fake another attack?” Deo held his sister across his arms and brought her into her room after returning from town to fin...
2023-09-01 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 11 - Useless Piece of...
Royal guards were yelling all around her, and spread out along the perimeter of the Gilded Palace. Two doctors rushed in along with their attendants to get to Chamberlain Wilton, now laying o...
2023-08-30 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 10 - Burn the Kingdom to the Ground
Despite her position, Beks didn’t recall ever taking such a big risk in her life.
From the start, her life had been planned and controlled by others. Everything she did was prepared f...
2023-08-25 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 9 - Everyone is Terrible
The nobles were restless.
There was no way to hide the fact that Laurence had an accident and was in a coma, and Beks had a feeling it would get out even if they tried to hide it, so at the n...
2023-08-23 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 8 - It is Best You Pray That He Does
As per her admittedly slightly overbearing instructions, Laurence completed his duties without approaching the river. Beks was on guard the entire time, watching him as he and Lady Eleanor th...
2023-08-18 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 7 - They Never Should've
Two major things consumed her time. The first being the Inundation Blessing. While she’d assisted in planning behind the scenes in the past, it would be her first time attending. &nbs...
2023-08-16 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 6 - It is Water
“There are some charities that help educate children with basic reading and counting that I took an interest to,” Beks had told Laurence in preparation for asking to leave the palace. It ...
2023-08-11 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 5 - She'd Paid a Life
“She’s obviously insane.”
“Brother, you can’t say that.” Beks sat back on the sofa in Laurence’s office as he paced in front of his desk, scowling. Beside her, Lady ...
2023-08-09 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 4 - Mistress of Nexus
“There’s a what?” Her foster brother’s voice was laced with disbelief and Beks slowed her movements placing some bread on to a napkin to bring back to feed the birds. She looked from ...
2023-08-04 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTWHoC: Chapter 3 - After You Read These Letters, Burn Them
She opened the container of birdseed and sprinkled a bit on her windowsill, then tore apart a piece of bread she brought back from breakfast for the larger birds. Once there looked to be enou...
2023-08-02 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Wicked House of Caroline: Chapter 2 - He Wouldn't Allow Himself to Die so Easily
It was something they had been preparing for, as it was obvious a few weeks earlier that the Queen would not recover from her illness. Despite all her attempts to brainwash herself, and the Q...
2023-07-14 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAila's Ramblings - 7/13/23 - BREAK TIME
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The Wicked House of Caroline: Chapter 1 - Dawn in Her Hair
“When was the territory now known as Sagittate of Kadmus put under the control of the Carolines?” The old woman’s voice sounded over the crackling of the fire meant to keep the study room war...
2023-07-12 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Tom - Part II
He would be lying to himself if he weren’t the least bit insulted by what the soldiers escorting the prisoner transport wagon were whispering amongst themselves. They thought he was crazy.<...
2023-07-07 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Tom - Part I
“I am scheduled to speak to her doctor this afternoon, sir.” It was the same conversation that they’d had for years.
“I hope the results continue to be positive. I just wa...
2023-07-05 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Fabian - Part II
In the city, nothing was ever completely dark a
2023-06-30 05:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Fabian - Part I
Every year, there were only a handful of knights who were able to complete the grueling four-year training regimen to become a first-tier imperial knight. If he had followed his original traj...
2023-06-28 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Stories: Gideon - Part II
“I’m afraid he’s been very busy lately. The Chamber has come to session and this is the time of the year when they get the most done,” Axton told him as he flipped over a thick notebo...
2023-06-23 05:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Gideon - Part I
The salty sea spray hit his face and he stood at the bow of the naval ship, looking at the horizon in the distance. He could see two watchtowers protruding up, signaling the mouth of the delt...
2023-06-21 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Stories: Montan - Part II
“Ancient artifacts and buildings always pose a challenge, even to the best of us,” Constantine said from the comcry as Montan carried a bucket and three water canisters towards the spring. &nbs...
2023-06-16 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Montan - Part I
It was a sunny, but chilly day, and the breeze coming off the water didn’t make it any better. On the private dock of his godsister’s island, where a large manor was nearing completion, t...
2023-06-14 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Dimitri - Part II
He thought that no one noticed, as he lowered h
2023-06-09 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLove Interest End Story: Dimitri - Part I
He stood in front of the mirror and took a deep breath as he studied the man looking back at him. His dark hair was neatly combed, his face was washed and bright, despite being so nervous the...
2023-06-07 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSummer Jams 4: Viclya - Part II
“What are children doing here?” The thin man on the ground didn’t hide his confusion. The other man looked just as confused and before they could ask any more questions, Maeve mov...
2023-06-02 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSummer Jams 4: Viclya - Part I
“There are so many things to do in Viclya and you all choose to lay there, like seals basking in the sun.” Tori reached the crescent shaped beach past the tents and saw her visiting cousi...
2023-05-31 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post