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he Autumn had been mild after a hot Summer. The gardens that Laun was being escorted through showed signs that heat and lack of rain had been hard on the flowers and trees. Though it was not a delicate bloom that Laun was seeking that afternoon.
There was a small house on the estate in the middle of the gardens. A few rooms surrounded by well tended shrubs making a maze for those unfamiliar with the paths. She passed a fountain at one corner, a statue at an intersection and then a bench with the woman that Laun was there to see.
Baroness Fairhaven stood, putting the sewing in her hand by where she had been sitting. The black dress loosely flowed from her shoulders, the lacings down the front more for show than for fitting. She held out her hand and Laun took it up, kissing the back of the hand before coming to attention as an officer in uniform Blacks should. Jessi blushed and waived Laun to her side, starting to walk the rest of the way to the small house.
“My condolences at the loss of your Husband, Baroness.” Laun’s voice had nothing of sympathy or the sweetness she often heard when others were saying the same words.
Jessi smiled and bowed her head to Laun, saying, “Thank you, your Highness. It was a blow, but not...unexpected.” She looked up and the women both had glints in their eyes above the smiles on their lips.
Laun was expected and a small meal was laid out on a small table next to a low, wide couch. It made Laun smile thinking of what had been done to her on a similar couch, and what she hoped would be happening soon.
The women sat on the couch, Laun taking her leather cap from her head and putting it on a small protrusion from an upright holding the roof over the open area. Laun took the offered goblet, smiling at the golden liquid.
“I see that you have caught a taste for the Dumonde brew.”
Jessi smiled and Laun saw just a hint of a blush. “I made the acquaintance of one of the brothers in charge. He...gifted me with a few casks.”
“All the better for today, Lady.” Laun looked at her host over the rim of the goblet and they drank at the same time. »Read More