He glared out over the expansive green forests surrounding the village, fringed with golden fields of wheat ripe for the harvest. The leaves of the beech trees by the river were changing to yellow. Soon they would lose their foliage, and not long after that, winter would be here. &nbs...
Her possessive husband preferred her to bathe alone above stairs, as opposed to in the beautiful cedar-lined bathhouse that the majority of the household made use of. After the sweet cake ceremony tonight, she would announce to her husband that she was with child. She wish...