Stories tagged with "nobility"
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The Many Names of Viscount Dubois

I opened the card and began reading it aloud. “My Dear Miss Delacourt -“
“Ooh, he called you his dear Miss Delacourt!”
I …
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The Emperor

I couldn’t look at the emperor directly, so I followed the example of Peony and Rose, twirling my hips in their low-slung ski…
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Is Insanity a Job Requisite?

“I’m sorry, did you say that you’re pretending to be your now deceased brother?” Erma asked as she skipped to catch up.
Err…
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Near And Far

A retort, indistinguishable from the sound of branches cracking under ice from thaw, freeze and thaw. The sound is pursued by…