A quiet day in town. If you ignore the explosions.
After three years of building up the courage, Marcus Wren has finally asked Bridgett Harlowe out on a date. The plan: a wagon to Dunnhollow, a few birthday gifts and one for Tristan's graduation, a slice of chocolate cake, and back to the academy by sundown.
Someone in the surrounding nobility has other plans for Marcus.
What was supposed to be a quiet shopping trip becomes an escalating series of inconveniences as Marcus and Bridgett work their way through the town's market district. The shopkeepers are taking it well. The town centurions less so. The dean has stopped pretending to be surprised when Marcus comes back from town with a property-damage report.
Bridgett, for her part, mostly just wants the cake.
Some boys take their dates to dinner. Marcus took his to a kidnapping. In his defense, the cake was excellent.
Genre: Fantasy
After three years of building up the courage, Marcus Wren has finally asked Bridgett Harlowe out on a date. The plan: a wagon to Dunnhollow, a few birthday gifts and one for Tristan's graduation, a slice of chocolate cake, and back to the academy by sundown.
Someone in the surrounding nobility has other plans for Marcus.
What was supposed to be a quiet shopping trip becomes an escalating series of inconveniences as Marcus and Bridgett work their way through the town's market district. The shopkeepers are taking it well. The town centurions less so. The dean has stopped pretending to be surprised when Marcus comes back from town with a property-damage report.
Bridgett, for her part, mostly just wants the cake.
Some boys take their dates to dinner. Marcus took his to a kidnapping. In his defense, the cake was excellent.
Genre: Fantasy