Atonement – APPRENTICE ROUX – Chapter 3 – Carnal Plus

Apprentice Roux has caused something of a stir within the order. A number of the Masters have been lucky enough to savor him, but my time had not yet come. The relationship between an Apprentice and his Master is rarely discussed in great detail—in fact, it can be a very jealously guarded secret. But there was something about Apprentice Roux which seemed to inspire Masters Snow and Stone to compare notes.I suspect they’d both been caught off a little by the way that the boy had drawn them in. Both men are known to be fairly guarded, so it was fascinating to hear them talking about Apprentice Roux with such a level of fondness. When the three of us were assigned to oversee the boy’s atonement, I realized that things had the potential to become very interesting…Apprentice Roux …More