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she dropped the final two feet to the landing below and scampered down the labyrinthine of steps of the complex if she hadn t taken up residence in the diplomacy wing of the palace she would never have slipped away so easily into the encroaching forest then again she wouldn t need to she leapt over the manicured hedgerows as if she had fled the palace grounds a hundred times before her unbound dark hair flapped behind her and the cool night breeze fluttered her black silk nightclothes against her skin like a thousand butterfly wings aniri wondered why she had not tried this sooner she slowed her pace and picked through the darkened brambles catching at her legs had she worn any normal attire starched cotton with layers upon layers of silk she would have stuck to the needled branches like a royal pincushion she smiled and slipped through the forest like a phantom black on black silent and stealthy when she broke out of the forest her slippered feet stumbled on the wet rocks bordering the river she made a mental note to find more secure footwear should there be a second time her eyes darted to the footbridge ahead an ancient sentinel over the constantly new chatter of the river she hesitated when she saw no sign of movement had she been mistaken was she too late but then sasha stepped out from the shadows showing his face to the moon as if he had nothing to hide she skittered over the pebbled and sandy creekside and flew into his arms aniri he said but she was uninterested in wasting precious moments with words they couldn t convey the heart pounding rush she felt whenever she saw his bronzed cheeks or dark humor filled eyes she shut him up with her lips pressed fiercely to his she knew he was well trained in all forms of entertainment but the artistry of his lips moving slow yet urgent against hers made her forget her own name he was still dressed in his diplomat s attire tightly wrapped in silk and starch her hands glided over the smooth shoulders of his jacket and its gold buttons turned silver in the moonlight when she broke their kiss his smile sent a shiver through her as his eyes and hands lingered on her you look enticing this evening she flushed and smoothed her loose nightshirt he had never seen her in her nightclothes before and probably never would again i could hardly retire to my room dressed for tea i suppose his smile grew i didn t know if you would come sneaking out of the palace grounds has to be a dangerous business no more than sending a note through the hand maiden what if she read it his smile crooked at the corner i m sure that she did but what could she make of a poem declaring your beauty in the moonlight i imagine she thought it quite romantic your little message could have easily been understood you took a risk she tried to put admonishment in her voice but it came out weak she had no heart for it tonight a moment with you even stolen is worth the risk he pulled her close again and his hand brushed back her hair as the wild strands tangled with the evening breeze did you think it romantic his voice teased her words swelled up in her throat and she had to swallow them back down she put a small empty space between them romance is for fools and naive little girls he frowned and let his hand fall to his side she cleared her throat and forced the words out before she lost her nerve i have news i am to be married his eyebrows shot up what anger pushed on the corners of his eyes she knew this day would come she could never marry a courtesan no matter how entrancing but she had hoped they could pretend a little longer and that she would marry someone better than a dirt grubbing jangali prince malik has made an offer of peace for my hand he sucked in a quick breath no i know it s a horror almost beyond imagining but but you re not of age he seemed to be casting about for reasons to keep her which made her words even more difficult to say i will be eighteen soon enough this day was inevitable sasha his eyebrows pulled into a dark line of concern but please tell me this is not your wish of course not how can you ask that she said do you think i want to marry a barbarian it s these cursed troubles in the north and the rumors of that new jungali flying machine this is the only way to bring peace his eyes went wide and he grabbed her shoulders aniri listen to me you must refuse him sasha my love she winced at the strength of his grip it s my duty please your highness the gruff voice came from behind her and she jerked out of sasha s grasp in surprise she recognized the owner only when she whirled to see his scarred and angular face queens breath she exclaimed janak don t startle me like that it is my job m lady your job is to protect me not frighten me halfway to my grave his hardened face was impassive except for the small lift of one eyebrow sometimes one requires the other your most royal highness she glared at him and turned back to sasha who had retreated a pace from her restoring a proper distance between them my lady sasha gave her a small bow all proper etiquette returning as though they had not just been caught in each other s arms if it pleases you i would have a word in private she sighed and longed to have his hands on her again even in that rough embrace his fear of losing her reassured her that maybe she was not alone in loving him beyond reason she threw a daggered look to janak wait for me over there she gestured with a single raised eyebrow of her own that he should stand apart by the bridge he inclined his head and took several steps backwards his eyes glued to sasha s properly attentive form she closed the distance between them with a step and dropped her voice to a whisper don t worry about janak i worry about you aniri sasha s hushed voice stayed between them i must speak to you he glanced at the glaring figure of janak alone we are alone janak could surely overhear them but he could be trusted not here he said i ll explain later but you must refuse malik s offer will you be at the queen s tea tomorrow yes can you meet me he glanced at janak again in the place we once discussed when they first met they argued the merits of the queen s favorite tea garden yes what he could possibly have to say that he couldn t tell her in front of janak he stepped back from her again very well he said i bid you a gentle night m lady he bowed deeply in farewell and turned to slip away into the darkness she watched after him the shadows swallowing him and her last chance of a carefree life before duty called when she had composed her face she turned and marched with slippered feet to janak you ll not speak of this she brushed past without favoring him with a look of course princess aniri he shadowed her back to the palace as though he expected her to bolt for freedom and disappear into the dark after sasha she only wished that were possible click here for the discussion thread posted by rick daley at 9 16 am 19 comments labels query me this query me this the spy i loved click here for the discussion thread dear mr agent i am seeking representation for my 75 000 word alternate history novel the spy i loved set in the days just before world war ii it follows a lowly mi6 secretary who learns that her country is being lured into war with america in order to weaken it before the coming german invasion playing girl friday to britain s most clandestine secret agent isn t exactly the glamorous life dilys griffin hoped for most days she spends more time locating cuff links than saving the world but dilys wouldn t trade her job for anything after all she s serving queen and country as any briton should and there are those times when she s almost sure that agent maxwell lloyd is looking at her with more than professional interest when max disappears while on assignment dilys defies mi6 protocol to go after him she follows him to india where she learns he was killed heartbroken dilys recovers the last dead drop max made before his death photographs showing america mounting an invasion force to wrest india from the british empire pursued throughout the back alleys of bangalore dilys will have to use every trick she ever learned from max to complete his last mission and bring the photographs to light but everything is not what it appears to be the photographs are doctored the invasion is a lie and the spy dilys loves is not only not dead he s not even british the spy i loved could function as a standalone novel or could anchor a series in which dilys serves her government as a spy throughout the events of world war ii previously i was a story writer for the popular online game city of heroes known for its intricate plot lines i studied writing at florida state university thank you for your consideration me good evening mr lloyd it is indeed an honor to finally make your acquaintance dilys smiled and nodded to herself the sound from max s bug was coming in just fine she could make out the nasal tones of the french ambassador s voice almost as clearly as if she was in the next room she wasn t of course while the ambassador and his entourage were wined and dined at the everett club with the better part of london s social elite dilys was halfway across town at mi6 headquarters hunched over a notepad with a pair of ten pound headphones flattening her hair it was about ten times more exciting than her usual office routine which generally involved filing dictation and brewing about six hundred pots of tea still she longed to be at the ball herself wearing a blue satin dress or maybe even a red one sipping champagne and trading ever so careful repartee with dangerous men the pleasure is all mine ambassador that was max dilys found her smile deepening at the sound of his voice her pencil scratched lightly over the notepad in front of her she had long ago perfected the art of dictation and since the akron affair the director had decided to put her talents to good use akron wasn t the first time someone had tried to kill max before he made it back to mi6 with his findings but it was the first time someone had nearly succeeded and so the bug had been developed concealed in max s clothing it transmitted a radio signal powerful enough for dilys to pick up at mi6 even if max were killed in the line of duty nothing that was said would be lost she had it down to a science now three pencils the second in case the first one broke and the third in case the second one wound up worn to a nub by the end of the evening a comfortable chair and absolutely no tea she couldn t afford to miss a bit of vital intelligence because she had to pop off to the loo quelle est la durée de votre séjour max asked he had switched to french a pretty compliment to the ambassador dilys had never liked french with its over reliance on q s and x s but at least she could understand it duex semaines dilys s pencil paused in mid scribble did she hear that right she read over the words she had just written duex semaines suddenly her heart was racing surely max had noticed no he hadn t max was going on pleasantly as thought the french ambassador hadn t just revealed that he wasn t french at all dilys leapt to her feet the headphone cord snapped taught and she jerked back into her seat the men s small talk continued to rattle on in her ears but dilys was no longer transcribing her mind was churning over a single burning question how could she warn max the radio signal on the bug was strictly one way she could telephone the everett club but she knew the staff would be running their feet off tonight there was no guarantee someone would deliver her message there was no help for it she would have to go warn max herself she looked down at her attire a brown tweed skirt a simple white blouse and sensible shoes there was no way she was getting into the everett club in sensible shoes dilys took a deep breath and removed the headphones from her ears there was only one place she knew where she could get all kitted out in less than an hour she hated to have to go there but it was a matter of life and death exactly seven minutes later dilys stood on the stoop of her sister s house ringing the bell she had a stitch in her side from running most of the way a face dilys didn t recognize swept aside the curtain covering the window beside the door the face was male and mustached and sleepy looking it squinted at her who re you said the man inside her sister s house i m mabel s sister the man s brows drew together who s mabel at that moment her sister s face appeared behind the man mabel was wearing a red robe that had some sort of oriental stitching on it in gold she peered out over the man s shoulder and when she saw dilys her eyes lit up i m mabel darling be a love and let my sister in the man did as she asked and dilys discovered that he was wearing even fewer clothes than mabel just a towel fastened around his waist and none too securely it seemed dilys quickly averted her eyes a trick that was difficult to pull off when the person in front of you seemed keen on introducing himself nice to meet you he said name s bill atherton any sister of belle s is a friend of mine pleasure said dilys staring hard at the ceiling the merry notes of her sister s laughter filled the room come on inside dilly don t just stand there gaping at my ceiling as though the face of god was staring down at you bill go get some clothes on can t you see you make my sister nervous dilys felt her cheeks redden at these words but she was nonetheless grateful when bill withdrew to mabel s bedroom mabel opened up her arms for a hug i m going by belle now much more fashionable don t you think mabel squeezed her hard and then went to the sidebar and began fixing herself a drink silly dilly you ve always got just the worst sense of timing it s been far too long tell me what are you doing here even in a threadbare robe with her hair all a tangle and her calloused feet bare mabel seemed to pull all the light in the room to herself dilys felt shabby just standing near her even though she had spent a good ten dollars on her skirt she cleared her throat i need a dress she said mabel s eyes lit up oh going out with someone special are we sort of said dilys she pushed her hair back over her ears actually mabel i need it right away it s a bit of an emergency mabel took a sip from her glass and regarded dilys thoughtfully over the rim an emergency all right if you say so but this is beginning to sound a lot less like a hot date mabel opened the door to her bedroom out bill make us some omlettes there s everything you need in the kitchen bill thankfully fully clad this time obeyed without complaint mabel flung open her closet now then dilly what sort of dress did you have in mind dilys took in a breath the red satin she said mabel s eyebrows went up oh that one maybe i was wrong this is a hot date after all she pulled the dress off the rod it was a gorgeous thing sleeveless and scarlet with rivers 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