4 Afternoon Delights

‘She said what!’John could hardly believe it.

Ximene chuckled. ‘I’ll try again. She believes she has offered advice to us on ways to improve… re-invigorate our lovemaking. She said she would ask questions of both of us to check that we have followed her advice. In fact, that she would go I  further than that; at the first convenient chance, She will make us pass a test.

John shook his head. ‘ Perhaps we had better compare notes. What exactly has she told us to do?’

She obviously thinks that Lady Eleanors interpretation of lovemaking is a bit too formalised. It teaches how to give and recieve pleasure but it becomes  a skill, a task . Joan believes that above all, lovemaking should be fun.

‘Yes she told me that too. Can we talk about this?’

Ximene chuckled again but reached out to hold John’s hand. ‘John we are talking about this.’

‘Yes, quite and I think she told me several ways of making it fun.

‘She covered the same ground with  me, so then, what had the most appeal for you.’

I thought the idea of having fifty game cards in a box, everyone one of which described something you would like your partner to do to you or you would like to do to you.’  John hestated. ‘The Cards are then shuffled; each person would turn a playing card. the person turning the highest playing card would then chooses a game card their own box’.

If a time limit is put on the performance of each choice. If that time limit were to be one minute then the game would last just less than two hours. It would ensure randomness in sexual contact even between partners even those in long term relationships. Excitement, stimulation.

Ximene narrowed her eyes. ‘You know it could take nearly two hours just to write the cards… Hardly spontaneous lovemaking?’

John laughed. ‘No I suppose not but you know it goes further than that. she made no specific suggestions but i got the impressionshe was talking about groups of people not just one couple taking part inthese games. 

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Extract from The Prisoner of Foix--Chapter 43 -The EntranceNo need to buy a Kindle. Read it on your computer or tablet

John Stanley-26th April 1355

 

'Looks like we are going to see a bit of excitement, John. The Captain tried to get an agreement from the Prince that if there is surf running across the channel to Arcachon we will turn back to Bordeaux, but the Prince would hear none of it. Instead, he has offered to provide insurance for all three ships. If they are damaged or sunk, the owners will be compensated and every sailor who makes the passage will be given a bounty payment. What none of this seems to take into account is that if we sink in rough, fast-flowing waters we might all drown.'

John raised his eyebrows. 'But that is what we are going to do?'

'Yes, despite the fact that surf running accross the entrance is not uncommon and the deep water channel moves continually. In the end, the Prince attacked their captains on their weakest point, their professional pride! He threw down the gauntlet. He offered to take the Sally first through the channel, and to take control during the passage.' He raised his brow. 'We are going into the Bay of Arcachon, come what may! '

Extract from The Eagle of Carcassone -- Chapter 24-- A Real GoddessNo need to buy a Kindle. Read it on your computer or tablet

John Stanley - 22 July 1355

An hour later John walked with Ximene close to the river along the valley below St Feriole. It was the very essence of a summer’s day. The sun was fierce but in the shadow of the trees, it was cool and fragrant. The trees and shrubs along the riverbank hid their progress, from the Château, from St Feriole.

Eventually they reached a point where John thought it was safe to emerge from cover. To his satisfaction the stream extended into a pool with a sandy beach, shaded by trees. Where the stream entered the pool there was a flat grassy area, almost circular. Behind this, the bulk of two mountain ridges provided a splendid backdrop. He looked around once more ‘Not just a good training ground but a great training ground. If the Greek heroes knew about this they might be tempted to join me, to train with me’

Ximene laughed out loud. He turned to look at her. She had removed her outer clothes and was wearing a white chemise, cut short so that it barely reached her knees. Around her waist, she wore a plaited leather belt, obviously fashioned from the multitude of leather straps to be found in the tackle room.

She ran her hands down over her breasts. ‘When you were unconscious I heard you muttering about gods and goddesses, so  I have decided that from now on, for you, I will be the goddess.’

The Prisoner of FoixVol 1 of the series—The Treasure of Trencavel

Aquitaine, an English possession, is in crisis. It is under threat from neighbouring nations and internal dissension.

The Black Prince, King Edward III’s eldest son has been given the task of taking command in Aquitaine.

Suddenly there is an opportunity. Ximene Trencavel is the heiress to the lands of Occitan, to the east of Aquitaine: lands controlled by the Franks. Ximene wants independence, both for herself and for Occitan.

A union between Aquitaine and Occitan would be mutually beneficial. The Black Prince undertakes a secret journey to meet Ximene to negotiate a marriage contract. It is, however, a marriage neither of them really wants.

Meanwhile, the  Franks plot to murder Ximene to prevent ,not just the marriage, but any kind of union between England and Occitan.

The Eagle Of CarcassonneVol II of the series—The Treasure of Trencavel

The loose alliance between Ximene Trencavel and the Black Prince is under threat.

The Prince invades Occitan, to show his support for Ximene but it becomes an invasion which creates more problems than it solves.

The Prince has fallen hopelessly in love with Joan of Kent and Joan is now determined to marry him and become the next Queen of England.

Joan is therefore  determined to convince Ximene that she should not marry the Prince.

Part of her strategy is to encourage Ximene’s relationship with John Stanley—one of the Princes bodyguards—not an easy task as both John and Ximene have doubts about their compatibility.

However, John is grievously injured in a battle and Ximene commits herself to nurse him back to health.