Lord Mettlebright’s Man
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially for the one in need of schooling.
Chapter Nine: Special Scholarship
“Take him back.” Jacques didn’t want to be near the source of so much dread, pain, and fear. He tried to push the baby away, but Gingko didn’t waver.
Warm hands steadied his shaking ones. “About school. Dad says you should be at university.”
“I dropped out.” He risked a glance at the baby—scales, spots, claws—and quailed.
“Michael’s starting a school here. We’re enrolling you.”
“What kind of school.”
“Non-traditional.”
“For crossers,” accused Jacques.
“And butlers.”
“You expect me to mingle with Argent’s precious orphans?”
Gingko frowned. “They won’t be orphans anymore. Once they’re here, they’ll be ours.”
Posted: October 9, 2018
Prompt: #Inktober2018, Day Nine: Precious
Words: 100
Summary: Jacques Smythe brazens his way into Stately House and shows no sign of departing. Like it or not, Lord Mettlebright has himself a butler. An Amaranthine Saga Serial. [Humor, Drama, Family] Begins here. To scroll through archived chapters, use the Lord Mettlebright’s Man tag.
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Lovely. Just lovely! Thank you.
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This is just wonderful.
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