The Velvet Ledger: Dispatches from the Queen's Table

Filed under: Court Records – Voice of the Architect— I do not pace for applause.I do not rise for scrutiny.And I do not speak because it’s time. I speak because...

To The Ones Who Mistook Access for Intimacy: Let it be said clearly. I was not made to perform for strangers.   I was made to build. To bear witness....

(Filed under: Velinwood Court- Fieldcraft lore)  He didn’t mean to come in. He was following the rain,or maybe the smell of cinnamon bark and old wood,or maybe the sound of...

The bar isn’t loud, just full. Glass against glass, the shuffle of coats, a burst of laughter that ends too quickly. She sits with one ankle hooked behind the other,...

The torches guttered, the velvet drapes trembled, and Sir Reginald Fluffsworth raised one sequined paw to silence the hall. “Ladies, gentlemen, monarchs, nuisances…” His voice slid across marble like champagne...

(Filed under: Court Members – Bloodline and Legacy) They are not copies, but living halves of her. Faith, the Eldest.Bearer of heart and truth. His voice rings without lies, his...

She calls it rebuilding. I call it returning. Every time she laughs, it comes seconds after something almost tender.A confession she didn’t mean to say“I’m tired. I miss who I...

You arrive here like dusk slipping through the trees. Unhurried, quieter than you meant to be. And I never say it aloud, but I wait for this. Not because your...