The Order of the Rose Episode Nine: Sympathetic Magic
The Order of the Rose: Episode Nine Dinner With Valentina Sympathetic Magic Darren’s dreaded dinner date was approaching fast. He didn’t know why he was so nervous. He had attended hundreds of dinners with women of equal or higher pedigree than Valentina Romancewicz, but there was something fundamentally different about her. Something that hummed deep in his marrow. “Shit,” Darren muttered, rifling through his wardrobe. “Where are they?” His leather jewelry case lay open on the dresser. Empty velvet slots stared back at him. He tore through the nightstand drawers, then the armoire. Nothing. Frustrated, he went looking for his sister. “What’s crawled up your ass?” Darria asked with a smirk. “Besides dinner with Valentina, I mean.” Darren offered his customary amusing, but droll scowl. “I can’t find Dad’s cufflinks. I was planning on wearing them tonight.” “Which ones? He had dozens.” “The gold ones engraved with his initials—set with the center diamond and our birthstones.” Darren was o...
