Richelieu

First Minister of France, King Louis XIII's adviser and the main antagonist of The Musketeers. (RP 21+)

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette ((End of short SL ... to be continued}}

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@AdeleBessette skin of her shoulders. Perhaps I should banish such doubts from my mind, at least for the next hour.}

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@AdeleBessette truly concerned for my welfare. My doubts falter as she allows her top to slide down her body, revealing the soft white --

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@AdeleBessette leave her, watching her every movement, every flicker in her face, every worried glance she shoots my way. Perhaps she is --

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@AdeleBessette I can trust no one at court. I'm surrounded by fools and liars. But at least I can always rely on you. {My eyes never --

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@AdeleBessette Undress for me. {I know she will do as I bid. After all, she is mine to command.}

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette is beyond my control. {I smile up at her, admiring her beauty. Yes, she is indeed quite seductive.} I need a distraction. --

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@AdeleBessette {I open my eyes and gaze up at her, wondering once more, if she really is all she seems. I have to trust someone.} Nothing --

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@AdeleBessette It's these Musketeers who will ruin France. They are an ungovernable faction at the heart of the state.

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@AdeleBessette probably be the companion to a younger man, And yet, they do say, power is an aphrodisiac, and I am indeed all powerful.} --

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@AdeleBessette troubles of my day with. The one person that I know to be loyal to me. Strange. She is so much younger than me, she should --

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette around, even if only for that. Yet she does so much more to soothe me as well. She is the one person I can share the --

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette {I moan with appreciation for her skilful fingers. She has always known how to soothe my headaches. She is worth keeping --

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette of the Musketeers.

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@AdeleBessette down in a chair.} The treasury is as good as bankrupt. Yet I'm obliged to spend half my time dealing with the indiscipline --

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@AdeleBessette head might burst. The King is a petulant child. The regions refuse to be governed. {I lead her across the room, and sit --

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@AdeleBessette thing, and the sight of her always fills me with satisfaction. Knowing that she is mine, and mine alone.} I feel like my --

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette {I wonder if that is a slight blush to her cheeks, or a trick of the light. I take her hand. She really is a pretty young --

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@AdeleBessette *I note that she seems guilty. Or perhaps my sudden appearance startled her. Perhaps.*

[Richelieu @Cardinal_Rich]

@AdeleBessette You look beautiful tonight, Adele.