Nothing Is Set In Stone

My Thots don’t have much room to write in. I pretty much have to choose between the story and the details and since the devil is in the details, I usually just choose the story.

Bare bones teasers are fun to write. The rest of the story is saved for those brave enough to ask, or sweet enough to comment and care.

But since so many have asked, I thought I might tell you a bit more about the little prince. Of course he has a name! I call him Caden Creighton Clemson. His mother is Maura and the new king’s name is Mark. Caden, his little brothers and mother all live with the new king in a very old family estate belonging to Mark, who met Maura long before he knew she had children.

The younger boys cuddled right up to Mark. They really didn’t know any better, but not Caden! He recognized the fury and the false enthusiasm the moment he first set eyes on this man who treated his mother like the delicate and submissive princess she was. Mark, being the shrewd man he was, realized this right away too. Battle lines were drawn and Mark, being so much older and bigger and more experienced, was bound to come out ahead. It actually took several years for Mark’s true colors to come into full bloom, but when they did, his solution was bitterly painful for Caden in every respect.

Eventually the solution became the problem and the Queen Mother stepped in, suggesting that Caden be sent to live with his father. Excited, as any eleven year old is when about to set off on an adventure, Caden left his home and mother and brothers with high hopes and even higher spirits. How could he know how homesick he would be? It was the first time he had experienced anything like this.

If only he had never had to, his life might have been very different, because nothing is set in stone.