Story for the Day: Alasdair's Plight
Happy Canada Day! Getting ready for all the interviews and giveaways this weekend. Here is a story. If you like it, support the series and stop by Twitter July 2nd, 4pm (EST) for a Q&A with me and Back of the Book Reviews. Alasdair's Plight That evening was to be Alasdair’s first ball. This would have been of little consequence, as the tailor had been well employed during the day with creating a particular jerkin for the prince’s presentation, but as Alasdair’s hair was now in so torn and fettered a state, he could not show himself without endless aggrievement as to how he was to be seen. It was true that his grandfather had already taken up the task of flaunting his favourite grandchild through the courts and incurring much attention unto him by pronouncing himself his teacher and spending the chief of the morning instructing him, but this was to be Alasdair’s official presentation ...