Sarah had been pondering what to do about her most annoying advisor for a while. While it was tempting to bog him, there were likely family members who would not appreciate the lingering reminder of his punishment, so she shunted that idea to the back of her mind for the moment ( Read more... )

“You actually liked it?” Sarah stared at the woman in surprise ( Read more... )

When she needed the time to process her morning duties, Sarah liked to take her lunch in one of the castle’s solars. She selected a room depending on the season or weather or sometimes just a mood. She had picked this particular room because it let in a lot of natural light and had a clear view of a fallow field by the castle. While it was ( Read more... )

Sarah lay on her back as the sea of ankle length grass rippled around her in the breeze. She raised an arm to point at the sky and scowled in annoyance at the tiny spark of light that shot from her finger like the most unimpressive firecracker in existence ( Read more... )

Sarah had reached her limit for dealing with people a good couple of hours earlier. To be honest, the moment she realised her least favoured adviser was leading the proceedings, she wondered if it would be possible to arrange for an emergency root canal instead. Her inner Jareth had quietly suggested that it would be much more fun if her advisor ( Read more... )

Sarah had been working away, with Jareth and Rook quietly and creatively insulting each other in barely comprehensible, heavily accented idioms, providing a comforting background noise. It was days later when she realised that while she had no idea what they’d been discussing, at least some of their insults had filtered through and she now had no ( Read more... )

The call had woken Sarah from a dead sleep. As she struggled to extricate herself from the bedding, her bleary eyes finally focused on the imposing figure of a fully armour clad Goblin King standing beside the bed ( Read more... )

Sarah had no trouble understanding why someone would wish a cassowary away to the goblins, but she did have to wonder about the circumstances of someone having one of the beasts as a pet and if they were entirely sane. While she couldn’t do anything about its previous accommodations and, as it was in fine health, its previous owner was off limits, ( Read more... )

Sarah looked across the large expanse of ice with an excited grin. There weren’t too many people out yet, just a handful of the castle’s staff and some of the guardians ( Read more... )

While there were many wished away items that were automatically returned, albeit in an exciting new and likely inconvenient location, there were other things that stayed ( Read more... )