Isemay : Writing

A soldier's daughter

A soldier's daughter

A Chapter by Isemay


Dressed in the embroidered indigo gown, she felt like a child playing dress-up. She hated the gowns she had to wear for royal functions. She had loved..
Insult and favor

Insult and favor

A Chapter by Isemay


The guests sat after the King and as he tasted his wine nearly all of the guests began reaching for their own wine glasses. Conversations resumed and ..
After dinner

After dinner

A Chapter by Isemay


She was nearly to the carriages when a hand grabbed her upper left arm roughly and jerked her around. The scarred Meazyr Prince looked furious.“..
Introductions

Introductions

A Chapter by Isemay


He brought her back to the cushions, his left hand against her back. He was enjoying touching her, whether she wished to prove she wasn’t disgus..
Fool

Fool

A Chapter by Isemay


She wadded the favor belt as small as she could and slipped out of the gardens as quickly and as unnoticed as she could manage. She stepped into her s..
Protection

Protection

A Chapter by Isemay


The next two nights she had parties to attend. She caught glimpses of him at the second, her uncle’s grand gala celebrating the Peace, but she a..
A hunt

A hunt

A Chapter by Isemay


Narr. Fool had stung in her tongue, in his own it had cut. He noticed that she avoided him as if he were worse than her cousins, and when he considere..
Prince of Flowers

Prince of Flowers

A Chapter by Isemay


Vaeri had wanted the dress to be brown, but the dressmaker wouldn’t hear of it. The flowers were the same tiny blue blossoms she used to see in ..
Word of honor

Word of honor

A Chapter by Isemay


Halvhandt approached from behind as she laughed and spoke with the Blumenprinz. He knew her voice and he longed to get close enough to smell the hint ..
A dance

A dance

A Chapter by Isemay


Vaeri didn’t want to dance or drink with him, but it would be worth it to be done with him. A Meazyr’s word of honor held weight. She relu..