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Maiden by Decree Chapter 22
Okay, it's been awhile and I apologize for the wait. I know this is a short chapter, but I wanted to get it out there so hope on the story wasn't given up...
In this chapter plans are laid, some are nixed, and in general, the mayhem continues.
Chapter Twenty Two
By Maggie Finson
Maiden at Large
Or: What Do You Mean, Armed and Dangerous?
Maiden by Decree Chapter 21
Chapter Twenty One
By Maggie Finson
Confluences
or, Have Fun Storming the Castle
“Doesn’t this thing ever give up?” Deirdre grumped as the monster threw itself at the door for the third time.
“It has a brain about the size of a walnut.” Anthalas pointed out while strengthening the blocking spells he had on the doorway. “It isn’t smart enough to figure out that lunch isn’t all that anxious to be accommodating.”
Maiden by Decree Chapter 20
Chapter Twenty
By Maggie Finson
Still Escaping
or, What the Hell was THAT?
The locals don’t seem all that inclined to warn Roric of our approach.” Sestalphas noted as the army passed the fifth village they’d seen with no sign of anyone running to warn the so-called lord of the province.
Maiden by Decree Chapter 19
Chapter Nineteen
By Maggie Finson
A Kidnapping Gone Bad
or, I’m Still Making This Up as I Go!
Lookouts shouted and Garret, atop a small hill, shaded his eyes while looking towards the pass with the comment. “I count all the drivers and herders coming out.”
Maiden by Decree Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Captivity
Or: I Really Need to Find a Better Class of Kidnappers
“Tell me how this happened.” Garret surveyed the splattered gore, and disheveled bed then turned to Chalmnessa’s Guard Captain with a look that would have cracked granite. “How did anyone, let alone more than one person, get in here to do this without being spotted before they reached this point or when they were leaving?”
That worthy, Sestelphas, frowned and returned Garrets gaze steadily with one that was just as hard, and furious. “They walked in through one of the posterns during the night. One of the gate keepers, Sham, was involved. We found his body outside the gate hidden under a tarpaulin being used to protect some lumber. His wife and daughter were found a short while ago, also dead, and this was in Sham’s home.”
Maiden by Decree Chapter 16
Maiden By Decree
Chapter 16
Kidnapped
Or: You Guys Are in SOOO Much Trouble!
By
Maggie Finson
“They have safely arrived in Serai.” Roric told his co-conspirators with the displeasure he felt about that clear in his posture and voice. “Your pirates, Lord Jentis, failed miserably.”
Jentis, a representative, though covert, from Cardasia and the only one in the room who wasn’t afraid of the man, glowered at Roric. “You neglected to warn us about the cannon, My Lord, and my government is NOT pleased about that . The ferocity that crew defended both their ship and the lady with was also unexpected.”
Maiden by Decree Chapter 15
Maiden by Decree Chapter 13 & 14
Chapter 13
What?
Or:
Oh, no Frigging Way! I’m not going to Do It!
Oh, well, I suppose that pretty well tells you all what the character reactions to living through this chapter were. They’re currently on strike and close to being in open revolt here. Sigh.
Come to think of it, with all the problems our heroines, heroes, and villains are coping with I can’t really blame them.
Now Deirdre, put the mace down, it’s okay.
Garret, do something with her!
Maiden by Decree Chapter 12
Assassins Lurk
Or: Pardon Me. Did You Drop This Poisoned Dagger?
By
Maggie Finson
Dierdre glared at both Garret and Jessica then realized she was still standing in front of them without clothing. Snatching her robe up and hastily wrapping it around herself, she slowly and deliberately walked across the room to pour herself a large goblet of wine.
“I don’t know whether to trust either one of you just now.” She simply told them then moved to seat herself in a single chair facing them both. “Give me a reason – a real reason, to do that.”
Maiden by Decree Chapter 11
Maiden by Decree
Chapter 11
Reconciliation
Or: I Didn’t buy Into This But I Seem to be Stuck with it
“I’m really worried about her.” Garret looked towards the door to Deirdre’s bedchambers – thankfully quiet now, but that was worrisome, too. “She was doing so well for a while, then suddenly went berserk.”
“It isn’t your fault, brother.” Jessica tried to reassure him. “You had no more control over what has been happening than she has. The problem here is that she has finally understood that she is powerless to stop what is happening and that she will never be able to go back to what she was.”