The latest installment of the Black-Jones saga “The Voice of All the Gods” has been posted at ffn. Your teaser for this evening:

Chapter 12: Conflict

He was angry. No. He was furious. Seething. And logic could not offer as to why. Why he was these dark things, why he’d lost control, why he’d reacted so violently and to what purpose. All Regulus could decipher was that the longer he’d sat there watching Jones in her concentrated primness and textbook propriety, the greater his agitation became.

It made no sense, really, he argued as he faded through the house in near blackness. She was behaving according to dictate, to Society, and as a Black he should expect – nay, demand – such from a guest. But the whole time she further resembled everything he was brought up to revere, everything that was Hestia Jones had begun to grow fuzzy, sway, reshape. With each syllable her mouth turned from cutting clever to malleable memsahib. Muggle courts couldn’t have complained.

And therein lies the issue, doesn’t it? A slight stumble in his path before he righted himself, slowed his hostile pace. Yes, indeed. Her invitation had been of purpose, but within such he had unconsciously sought out one singular respite from the whole deception game.

Hestia Jones’ refreshing challenge.

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The latest installment of the Black-Jones saga “The Voice of All the Gods” has been posted at ffn.  Your teaser for this evening:

Chapter 11: Temperance

He whipped about suddenly, wand poised, rising from his seat simultaneously with menace and lost patience… jaw clenched, voice low.

“You’re pressing your fucking luck this morning.”

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The latest installment of the Black-Jones saga “The Voice of All the Gods” has been posted at ffn.  Your teaser for this evening:

Chapter 10: Ambushed

“Let go of me!” she cried in sudden panic, breaking the otherwise stillness of the cavernous room.  Struggles of arms flailing and hitting and feet kicking and lunging away were met with strong physical refusals for release.

                “Shhhh!  Quite!” came the hiss with a nervous edge.  “Hush, you bird,” the male voice continued in a forceful whisper.  His grip tightened on her arm, the hand at her waist transferring to the free one she was punching his chest with.   Movements were heavy with effort, and Tia could feel him attempting to shake her – literally – into sense.  But she was having none of it; this was twice this term she’d been brutally grabbed and tossed about like a kidnapped rag doll, and she’d had enough.  …her reflexes slow and off mark.  This was not good, and Tia realised a sense of true fear and panic.

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The latest installment of the Black-Jones saga “The Voice of All the Gods” has been posted at ffn.  Your teaser for this evening:

Chapter 9: Spoken Places Feared

“What are you on about with Jones?  ...but really, Black; you don’t want to be seen associating.  Diddling with that sort needs to be kept in the dark.  Didn’t you learn anything from your father?”

“She’s business, Avery,” Regulus retorted lowly, a sudden bristle hitting him with Avery’s verbal sneer of Jones.  “Don’t concern yourself with her.”

“Really, now?  That’s some way to conduct business, I’d say.  Intending to show up with her on arm, are you?  Display her about the crowds?  Shag her on Malfoy grounds to an audience of house-elves?”  Scoffing laugh.

“If need be,” Regulus retorted, an oiliness to his words.  “I do not presume to question the Dark Lord’s motives, Avery.  I should hope you shan’t, either.”

Dark satisfaction rushed through Regulus at Avery’s sudden pallor and gape.  True to his breeding, the boy did collect himself quickly, but he was no Black, and was easily intimidated.  Playing Avery was simple, his reactions predictable.  Unlike Ms Jones…

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