Fall from Innocence

by CharlRhodes

Francis and Arthur are made for each other. Fascinated by eighteenth century literature, smarts, cynical, they are sure they don't belong in this time. And especially a burning desire to assert their omnipotence. So what better to become the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil? Some rules, many prey maximum trophies. They are masters of a cruel and dangerous game.

13. Letter 11

Letter 11

Francis to Arthur

In Paris

Your orders are charmants my beautiful Marquise.

Of course I read this book, but I was afraid to scare you by telling you in the second letter that he was - one of - my favorite. Didn't I say that we were made to get on? Let us establish rules:

1) You and I are hunters.

2) For each other we will appoint "preys".

3) Both of us will take up "challenges" to undertake.

4) To each other we will bring "trophies" - written evidences that we won our "preys".

5) None of us will being tempted to fall in love with a "prey" - nor each other, of course.

I think I stayed in the spirit of our master. If you accept these conditions, I will propose a prey in my next letter. Now, I only have to get rid of my dear lovely fiancée. I leave it entirely up to you to choose the next one - hoping she will please you more than the previous one.

Adieu, I am unreservedly entirely up to you.

From Bonifacio, August 25 19**