As for Zungher Dol, he focused very little on the start of Princess Lillian’s trial that morning. He kept to his regular routine (awakened by staff at dawn, the first meal eaten alone where he could read that day’s briefing device, and then head into his office where he would spend the rest of the…
The first day of Princess Lillian’s trial finally arrived. It had been weeks since Saw Yatha returned with her in tow, and since then, she’d been out of public view. All the public knew that she was secure, she was being questioned, and she would face justice soon. So, on this very auspicious day, Saw…
The transport came to a stop. Moments later the back door opened and the Golds were escorted to another bare room. Along the short walk, Katherine noticed a significant change in the quality of the facility. Where the first building had been sterile this one seemed abandoned. Where the first one seemed to run on…
As soon as the interrogation door closed, Evan Gold looked at the datesheet Amnon had given him. It read SAY NOTHING TO ANYONE UNTIL I GET BACK. “What is happening?” Katherine asked. “How did we get here? Where is here?” Evan slid the datasheet to his wife, who read it, and gave him a cold…
Finally able to get his emotions to adequately reflect his desired outward appearance, Amnon Saxe made his way back to his office. He was relieved to see Keetha back at her desk and working diligently as if it were any other ordinary day. Her back was turned to him as she entered something into her…
The trial for Princess Lillian was to start in a few short days, and Amnon Saxe was running out of steam. Keeping late-night strategy sessions with Keetha on how to subvert Chieftan Dol’s plans while also keeping his plan moving forward on time and under budget was taxing his nerves. It was growing difficult to…
“Have you seen this?” Zungher Dol slid his device across his desk toward Saw Yatha. “What is it?” Saw replied as he picked up the device. Dol remained silent, checking for any change in Saw’s expression. The device glowed with an image of something familiar to Saw, but someone had altered it distastefully. Not far…
He looked at his crowded workbench and began to put it back in order. “A place for every thing and everything in its place,” he muttered to himself. The words of his father scrolled through his mind repeatedly. When he was younger, Evan was a slob and lost things continually. His mother referred to his…
By the time Evan came home that evening, Katherine had everything prepared. She had coiffed her hair in a perfect flip, decorated with garnet pendant earrings and a matching necklace. For her dress, she put on the one that Evan always complimented—a simple, collared shirtwaist dress with a painted lemon pattern on starched white linen. …
Spring gave way to summer, lightening Athen’s mood. School was out, the sun was warm, and the good people of the town enjoyed the renewed vitality of a well-deserved vacation. Winter had aged many homes around town, but it was not until the spring rains showed these changes to the homeowners. Yet, it was not…
