Temple Stories

"Are you interested in ancient temples?" she asked. Arthur looked up from his late lunch at the small Welsh country pub outside Pembroke. It was the thirteenth of August. The Summer sun had warmed the afternoon nicely, and the patio table he sat at was in a quiet corner. On the table next to his meal was an open book. She was beautiful, was his first thought. The kind of dignified British beauty that instantly turned an A...

"Would you like something to drink while you rest, my king?" Tara asked. "That would be nice, yes. A king works up quite a thirst caring for his people!" I smiled weakly. Tara clapped her hands twice and one of the other temple attendants came in. Tara whispered something to her and she left momentarily, returning with what appeared to be a very ornately decorated clay decanter. She poured out some of the red liquid insid...

It was a couple of days after I had told L'natria that she would be moving into the palace that the next new adventure came my way. L'natria had given her notice to her boss, and while she still worked at the market, she was very much looking forward to the move and her new position. She had started the Lottery project already, handing out cards to all the women of the town that wanted to play, and there weren't many who...

Theia was at peace as she knelt on the cobbled stone floor of her father’s home. Her gaze drifted without conscious direction, following her flickering shadow as it elongated toward the wall of the tiny abode. Without the slightest tremble, she held her hands together, raising them in offer of servitude to the old man standing before her. Her mother, wracked with sorrow, sobbed and pleaded with her daughter. Surely, Theia...