Scene 32 of Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold is up on Patre♡n! Wherein a mysterious fate befalls Aubrey.

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Carlisle’s smile faded. “Is something the matter?”

“Yes. Aubrey’s missing.”

“Missing?” The word didn’t galvanize Carlisle quite the way Lindsey had assumed it would. Indeed, he appeared almost indifferent. “How do you know?”

“He never arrived Saturday night.”

“Were you expecting him?”

“I expect him every Saturday night.” The gossip columns knew as much as that; Lindsey marveled at how Carlisle could not.

“Well, then.” Carlisle shrugged. “Doubtless he will explain himself soon enough. It’s only Monday, after all.”

This Monday, of all Mondays, could not be cast aside as “only” Monday. Lindsey endeavoured to maintain his patience. “Halloway has not seen him at his lodging house, either.”

“Halloway?”

“Graves’s friend, you remember. He’s Aubrey’s downstairs neighbour.”

“Is he, now?” This detail, at last, had piqued Carlisle’s interest. “At last we have an explanation for your coincidental meeting at Graves’s party.”

Lindsey ignored that remark in favour of steering the conversation back into relevant territory. “Halloway lives on the ground floor; Aubrey lives in the garrett. Aubrey cannot depart or enter the lodging house without passing by Halloway’s rooms. And Halloway has seen him neither come nor go since Friday.”

“Then he should ask the landlady to knock him up,” said Carlisle. “But really, even if he hasn’t returned home, what of it? He’s a grown man. He may come or go—or not—as he pleases.”

“He may,” Lindsey admitted—Carlisle might absorb his point more easily if he made at least a minor concession to his argument, however irrelevant. “But it is very much unlike him to miss an appointment. He’s…” Reliable. Dependable. Trustworthy. A sculpture carved of granite or cast in bronze, true to his core, his unbreakable soul. “…extremely punctual.”

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Scene 28 of Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold is up on Patre♡n! Wherein Rowena and Lindsey bicker over a ball.

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“I realize you may find it awkward to rescind the invitation now,” said Rowena, “but I’m afraid you must. And while you must feel something, of course, I would urge you not to feel too badly about it. It’s not your fault. Really, it is he who has imposed upon you by asking to be invited.”

“He never asked me,” said Lindsey. “I asked him.”

“Lindsey, you do know it is possible for a person to hint in such a way as to ask for something without coming out and asking for it in so many words, don’t you?”

“Of course. You do it all the time.”

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Scene 25 of Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold is up on Patre♡n! Wherein Lindsey concocts a wild scheme.

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“I must urge discretion,” said Lindsey. He had never before shown particular attention to any lady, his sister’s friend or no, and society stood poised to seize upon any rumour of whom he might take as his bride. If it were known that he met repeatedly in private with Miss Devereaux, and did not afterwards marry her, the whispers would grow fierce, indeed. “In particular, I don’t think my sister would approve overmuch of my scheme.”

“What the Princess Rowena does not know should do her no harm,” Miss Devereaux assured him. “Besides, even if I do not become a royal bride, the mere fact I might have been considered for the post will only serve to improve my consequence.”

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