Where is everyone? I can't believe I'm first at nearly 10pm! I started a little editing on the next chapter of The Jade Dragon, but got a bit distracted and ending up doing a first lines meme instead -- which reminded me I had 400 words of a WiP from November 2011 in my 'The Lion & the Rowan' series, which was a tongue-in-cheek bit of comedy/fluff about the early days of Lebannen & Seserakh's marriage. And before I knew it, I ended up writing about 1000 words to finish a draft, now tentatively titled 'The Lion's Roar'. Have a snip of the new stuff...
Tenar had enlightened her king about such matters before the royal marriage, though he had not been so utterly ignorant as she’d thought. It was true, when his previous amours had been indisposed they’d sent polite demurrals via their ladies. It was also true that none of the few who’d been privileged to join him for breakfast had ever thrown their shoes at him, one after the other. Lebannen counted back, and sighed with relief when he understood what lay behind the unsheathing of those fierce claws. He sent his man to the court herbalist with orders to have all the willow bark in the palace stores sent to the ladies-in-waiting for his wife’s ease.
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on 2015-06-19 08:54 pm (UTC)Tenar had enlightened her king about such matters before the royal marriage, though he had not been so utterly ignorant as she’d thought. It was true, when his previous amours had been indisposed they’d sent polite demurrals via their ladies. It was also true that none of the few who’d been privileged to join him for breakfast had ever thrown their shoes at him, one after the other. Lebannen counted back, and sighed with relief when he understood what lay behind the unsheathing of those fierce claws. He sent his man to the court herbalist with orders to have all the willow bark in the palace stores sent to the ladies-in-waiting for his wife’s ease.