Muse Name: Faelyn/ Francoise de Rochefort / Fanny Fae
Fandom: Original Character
Prompt Number: Week 5.1.A.
Title: The Crimson King
Warnings/Disclaimers: None
Word Count: 2642
The Château was beautiful enough to be the abode of a King. And indeed, the one man who had ruled France more than it’s King, or at least he ruled through the figurehead that was Louis XIII had lived here quite comfortably when he was not in residence at the Royal Palace in Paris. The long drive stretched out before my carriage, and I gripped my cloak just that much tighter to myself. The Spring thus far had been cooler than normal. Not even the day lilies had deigned to poke out from the damp, cold ground yet.
Everything else at that point was a blur. The carriage came to a stop, I alighted from it and was escorted by three armed guards of Cardinal Richelieu into the presence of the man himself. I wish I could say that I was a brave enough woman to have not have held the slightest fear in my heart for being called to him lin such a fashion, but I cannot. I had to fight to keep my fingers still from trembling. No, he would not see my hands shake, nor detect the slightest tremor in my voice when I stood before him. Continue reading