Sassy in waiting (2022-24)

   I love going out with Sigefrid. We usually go to steakhouses. He likes to be the one to pay, but I reach for the check anyway. It's a little game between us. I wear something nice, something that isn't pink, and order my steak rare. He likes his medium, but sometimes he'll order medium-rare. I clean his blade for him after dinner and we go back to his place to cuddle and watch a movie before heading back to the clubhouse to keep an eye on the others. He's sweet and tender when we're alone, and of course a little rougher around the boys. There's been a lull in the action lately, so Erik and Harley have actually had some time to relax. Allya of course insists that Erik eat, and he's more inclined to do so when there's not other business to worry about. Personally, I think she should just give his portion to Dany if Erik won't eat it. But she loves him too much to let him suffer malnutrition. I understand that. I get pissy if Sigefrid doesn't eat...

  A/N: I totally forgot this entry existed (transcribing in June). Also, I got super confused (because I was hearing about Allya's interactions with the club secondhand through Ni rather than being able to read them myself), so I thought Allya and Dany were a thing, but nope! Apparently Dany was Darius's boyfriend. Since this entry is divergent ANYWAY, I'm just going to keep it as is, since it's more meant to reflect Serena's state of mind rather than be fully... accurate... or whatever... I guess XD -- I'm so delighted! My Xandy can't get enough of me on our date nights ♥ He went from reluctant a few months ago, to positively voracious now, and I  love  being there to satisfy  all  his appetites! Luci is happy for us, too. The three of us, with me in Xander's lap and Luci under my skirt... it's paradise! It's strange: even without Trent, I don't feel so lonely anymore. I don't really talk to him, except as his lawyer. I hate his wife and...

   I love that Sigefrid loves cuddling ♥ He's not the type to admit to it, but whenever we sit together, it's like we  have  to be touching. He's also not bothered by me doing my language lessons in his presence. In fact, he loves learning about other cultures as much as I do. So cuddling in bed with him and using Duolingo together is a pretty perfect start to our day... after the sex, of course ♥ Sometimes he automatically translates my lessons out loud, from memory, so we're brushing up on languages together. That will help with expanding our international syndicate.

   International TV series.  The color pink. The smell of freshly-brewed tea. These are things that make me happy. I like brewing new loose-leaf blends, 6 bottles at a time. I like discovering new ways to crochet. If you use 10mm hooks, you can use 2 or 3 strands of regular-sized yarn at a time and make interesting color blends, and the garment will be thicker, warmer, and more durable. If one ball runs down before the other two, you can use the closest similar color. It's like magic. With stitches so large and switching yarn so addictive, projects get finished much quicker, too. A shawl that takes weeks with a 4.5mm hook and a single strand of yarn now takes days with three yearns and a 10mm hook. Efficient and beautiful. Although, I have many pending projects that were started with a single yarn, and changing the size of the stitch will make the item less lovely. I'll worry about that later. I have my boys to spoil, after all! Coffee. Tea. Wine. Food. Books. Shows. I ha...

   I took some time today to remember how it was when I first began representing Sigefrid's MC and I don't know why, but it made me feel so lonely. Now I can spend as much time with those boys as I want, and I do. I've helped them get over the flu. I still cook and clean for them, and Sigefrid surprised me in the best way! He asked Luci to have some documents drawn up to make Serena a legal personage... and then he proposed in front of the whole club! My new documents actually already have his last name on them, but he actually wanted to throw us a party and have us officially sign the marriage certificate in front of witnesses! It's amazing that he would do that for me. Sad and lonely are the last things I should be feeling. I'm surrounded by men who love me. They tell me all the time how sweet I am. So why is my heart still breaking? Is it just out of habit? I guess it must be.

  Hestia Hew had been buffeted from coven to coven for as long as she could remember. Now, at age 24, she had lost almost all hope for receiving a magical education. Her last attempt had been at a school in New Haven, only to find out their esteemed dean had left to plant a fellowship in California. She wouldn’t have minded staying in Connecticut—the new dean was young, handsome, and close to her age—but it hadn’t taken long for her father to get into conflict with the Selwyn family, who just about owned this area. So off to California they went.   Los Angeles was, Draven Hew declared, an irredeemable cesspit. All show, no substance, where the denizens prided themselves on wearing expensive loungewear in public as some form of fashion statement. There was nothing of the old ways here, he lamented, only balderdash and chicanery. Worst of all these pretenders was a man named Luciano Mattutino, whose chic 24-hour café and bookstore, Alba, was the talk of the town. Alba was kn...

   He worries so much. It's off-putting, not because he's at fault, but because I am. He tried so hard to forgive me that he forgot he needs to heal, emotionally. He loves us all so much, he is remiss in loving himself. None of us can bring it to his attention without scarring him. I miss the confident, even arrogant, person he used to be.