Nemorosis

The Bell Tolls for Me 10: Life Raft

Isabella opened the room back to the main hall, where the rest of the diplomatic entourage awaited. The nobles all turned their head to her, notably quieter than they’d been when she’d last lef...

The Bell Tolls for Me 9: Grainboat Diplomacy

Isabella and Valerio sat down at the head of the table, opposite Giovanni and his two closest aides whose name Isabella didn’t know. The gazes cast their way were cold, expressionless—a far cry...

The Bell Tolls for Me 8: Pleasantry Amidst Pedantry

Isabella sat at a round table with the head ambassador Giovanni, Arthur, Count Faust, the Archduke Felix, and a few other ambassadors and minor nobility. Thus far, it had been a very tense dinner f...

The Bell Tolls for Me 7: Volunteer Firefighter

Isabella knew that sabotage of some manner would come. It wasn’t in the nature of almost any in the royal court to let any slight go without some sort of response. Count Faust was a diplomat, but...

The Bell Tolls for Me 6: The Road Not Taken

“Do you think that the path of magic is something that you can simply decide to walk down on a whim?” Arthur questioned with some indignance after her request.

“Not at all,” Isabella ...

The Bell Tolls for Me 5: Finding a Ship in Troubled Waters

As Isabella got a grasp of the situation and her course of action, she also weighed her options for removing the unwanted problem of Duke Albert.

The first two of her routes were eliminated r...

The Bell Tolls for Me 4: A Breath Drawn in Stormy Seas

Isabella collapsed on her bed, glad to have some reprieve. She was experiencing nostalgia, but she wouldn’t say that it was a positive feeling. Things were back to as they had been before she bec...

The Bell Tolls for Me 3: New Name, New Life

If there was one thing that Isabella hoped she could avoid in this life more than anything else, it would be the engagement with Duke Albert. It was far more than the fact that he was old and corpu...

The Bell Tolls for Me 2: Dance of Devils

Isabella had been standing on the sidelines of the ball, tactfully refusing all requests to dance. The people that had been requesting her hand were all part of various factions, and to dance with ...

TBTFM, Table of Contents

Volume 1

Prologue
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The Bell Tolls for Me, 1: The Bell Tolls for Thee

Great bells chimed melodically, faintly audible through the glass windows. Isabella opened her eyes, looking toward the origin of the pleasant noise. She tried to turn her head… and could.

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The Bell Tolls for Me, Prologue

Great bells chimed melodically, faintly audible through the glass windows. Isabella opened her eyes, looking toward the origin of the pleasant noise. She tried to turn her head… but she couldn’...