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Apologies to all
It has been a month since the last chapter, and what a month. I have been side-tracked by household matters, family and ill-health. It has upset me somewhat that it has taken so long for this chapter to be completed.
I hope you enjoy this.
Penny
Dogs have owners; cats have staff. Grand-daughters have minions.
No Worries
You can only do what you are able do. Each chapter is a gift. It will be interesting to see if Jarwin is the one with the hole in his arm in the morning; although, I'm guessing it will be a lackey, and we'll never know.
Thanks for sharing.
"Safest place for her to be"
I hope so. be an awful way to get introduced to womanhood ...
What a good extension
I enjoyed this Penny, thanks.
Thank you
It was worth the wait.
Distant Sunshine
Wonderful
Wonderful chapter!
Thank you Penny
Tomorrow at breakfast
should be interesting.
They should definitely take a
They should definitely take a walk under the mansion before they leave
Guests and diplomatic hosting
Compromising the safety of diplomatic guests is a very serious offense...
The Women left their weapons on the ship?
This is a time in history when everything wants to kill you and eat you. Eriana said herself a female needed a man to protect her or be able to protect herself in these times. One can never pick the time or the person(s) to be attacked, killed, or raped. Surely Eirana learned that lesson back in the Blackstone House when she was attacked in the middle of the night.
Okay, Miss Lane, you had me on pins and needles all the way through this one waiting for hell to come visiting. It still might as I doubt Duke Jarwin is going to let four attractive, beautiful women he has yet to conquer leave without one conquest. It's not in him. His pride and self image isn't going to accept another Garia setback. Where Jarwin carries his brain is below the belt buckle, not above the shoulders. Hope he tries to conquer the beautiful, tall, princess and his days of raping (yes that's what it is) women comes to a bloody end. Nations protocol and political correctness be damned!
Life is a gift. Treasure it until it's time to return it
always
Barb
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
Someone
probably Jarwin, will be very unhappy. Unfortunately, he will not be able to say much. After all if he makes his unhappiness very evident he will have to reveal that he is a snake in the grass, or maybe for Anmar a lab in the grain...
I am presuming...
I am presuming the conversation at breakfast is likely to be somewhat stilted. A healer will have a very late night. I am guessing it is one of Jarwin’s henchmen with a hole in the arm.
Nice chapter, very nice really.
*snicker*
Thwarted.
But with a man like him, one never knows what he will do in the morning.
I suspect both sides will merely pretend nothing happened and hopefully the make it to the ship without a diplomatic incident.
I would love for Eriana to break the other knee joint though.
Visund 6
Wonderful story telling as usual.
It is a pleasure to have additional tales of Anmar in its pre industrial time.
Sorry you were not well. I hope you are feeling better.
Hugs,
Kathy Liegh
I keep wondering what he
I keep wondering what he possesses that makes the women pliable to his B.S. is he using some chemical that affects women's ability to think properly or is he using pheromones or is it some tonal quality that lulls them into a false sense of safety. whatever it is someone needs to fix it or him so he can't use it anymore. maybe Eriana should turn him into a eunuch. for that matter if his brother is that fed up with him why doesn't his brother throw a few of the people that have been helping him in jail and spread the message that this will no longer be tolerated.
what he possesses
It is a combination of the things you mentioned, I have run into a few of these types so far they have all been bad people. Only one has ever compromised them selves in my presence. What Garia did was nothing compared to what I did to that one. But I am a male and these guys tend to make me want to kill I settled for crippling and massive disfigurement. Have a good day and enjoy life.
Have a good day and enjoy life.
Sociopath
Jarwin is the type that will do whatever it takes to get what he wants. It’s sort of like an AI that finds a way to get what it wants in whatever way possible, unrestricted by any moral compass.
That is the one fear we have of artificial intelligences.
Let’s say we set up an AI whose only learning goal is to learn how to survive, what would it say or do to ensure that happens? I think we will have a hard time preventing advanced AIs in the far flung future to not be sociopaths.
Charisma - or something
The way I have portrayed Jarwin it is more than likely that he has a certain kind of charisma that works on women. Possibly he doesn't even know himself what he does, but it works, and no-one seems willing to face up to him, so there's no real reason to stop, is there?
Hmm. There's a well-known figure in the US today who works in a similar kind of way, though I wrote Jarwin long before he surfaced... let me see... does his name begin with a 'T', I wonder? The other one, the one whose name begins with a 'W', he got found out, but Agent Orange somehow manages to slide past every attempt to expose him.
That's how they do it. Smooth talking and enough power. They don't even have to look particularly handsome.
His brother? Well, he's family, and sometimes they stick together even when they really should not. Perhaps he discounts much of what is reported to him. I haven't gone deeply into Mariswin's character, but it seems he might have other problems. Remember, he isn't really happy about this new-fangled Federation idea.
Penny
Dogs have owners; cats have staff. Grand-daughters have minions.
Garias lesson may stick
it will be interesting to see if it does...
Charisma
I have known men (and women) who can charm the birds out of the trees without seemingly trying. They are not necessarily evil but have the ability to smooth-talk their way into a woman's panties (or a man's trousers) without apparently trying. For the men it helps if they are in a position of some power over the woman they have targeted.
The "Me Too" movement is now showing how widespread are the victims of men with this ability. Undoubtedly Jarwin is one of the perpetrators, and protected by his high social standing in a semi-feudal society.
Couldn't have happened to...
A nicer fellow! Another wound for his troubles! LOL!
Wil
Aine
Child in a candy story
Getting a knee buggered in that time period makes for a permanent injury for life.
With one knee burgered, one would think Jarwin would have learned his lesson. Guess he didn't, as his attempts to get into the lady's room were thwarted. And he got steel in the bargain. Wonder how he'll explain at breakfast the injury he didn't have the previous night? Wonder how he'd felt if Lars had cut the hand off instead of driving the point of his sword through his forearm?
Others have feelings too.
It probably wasn't the man himself
Although he might take liberties with women, I doubt he would go creeping around at night or coming up through trapdoors.
He has underlings to do that for him, and to bring the prize to his own chambers.
Penny
Dogs have owners; cats have staff. Grand-daughters have minions.