Fan Fiction: Stories 51–60

Cornelius van Baerle's jealous neighbor didn't start out a thief. He started out a gardener who actually loved tulips more than most people.

The bitter jailer who made Cornelius's imprisonment miserable has to live with his daughter's happiness afterward, and his own part in almost losing it.

The Franchi family's loyal servant has watched two identical brothers grow into two entirely different men, and has his own theory about the bond between them.

A vendetta exile living in the maquis owes his life to the Franchi family. This is the story of what that debt eventually costs him.

Before Thibault's pact with the black wolf, a village girl had ordinary hopes for an ordinary life, and watched them become impossible one wish at a time.

The hardy huntsman who first crosses paths with Thibault has his own long history with the forest, and his own instincts about what's wrong with it.

A humble copyist takes enormous pride in his penmanship, pride that makes him exactly the man a conspiracy needs, whether he realizes it or not.

The conspiracy's patient organizer runs errands all over Paris that look innocent from any single angle, and only add up if you're watching all of them.

Bathilde's guardian has kept one household secret for over a decade. This is the story of the day she almost told it to the wrong person.

A minor conspirator's operative has delivered dozens of coded messages without incident. This is the one that finally goes wrong.