The hearing on post-trial motions *203 was continued to allow the district attorney an opportunity to have appellant returned for the hearing and sentencing. At the end of August, however, appellant was mistakenly sent back to New York, on the Philadelphia district attorney's authorization, to continue serving a sentence which preexisted his trial in the instant case. Post-trial motions were timely filed and a hearing was scheduled for September 8, 1988. Immediately after trial appellant was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for the murder, but sentencing on the other convictions was deferred pending the disposition of post-trial motions. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.Īppellant was convicted by a jury on Jof second degree murder, criminal conspiracy, robbery and possessing an instrument of crime. The Knight and the Necromancer is a trilogy with satisfying HEA at the end of book 3. Of course, he’ll have to get through tomorrow first…when he must bargain with the hated royals who have persecuted him all his life.

Maybe he could go on a second date with this person.

Sairis finds his defenses melting in spite of his best efforts. He’s shocked when a dazzling mountain of a man is not intimidated in the slightest. Sairis is confident in his ability to intimidate anyone who comes too close. He tells himself that he’ll just watch-see what ordinary people enjoy every day. Sairis knows he’s doing something foolish by visiting a tavern the evening before his meeting with the royals-a tavern that caters to men of certain tastes.

He’s frightened, although he doesn’t want to admit it. He knows that he will have to bargain for his life tomorrow. Sairis is a necromancer with a price on his head. He figures he’ll need something to look forward to tomorrow, since he must spend the day in council with his family’s sworn enemy-a necromancer whom his sister has rashly invited to consult about the war. Roland exerts all his knightly charm and is rewarded by the promise of a second date. The man clearly has his secrets, but so does Roland, and their unexpected chemistry makes him feel alive for the first time in months. He does not expect to find a fascinating scholar from out of town-a lonely young man with beautiful eyes and an obvious longing to be touched, buried beneath a prickly demeanor. Roland expects to enjoy some anonymity and perhaps flirt with a few strangers for old time’s sake. It’s the place where he kissed a man for the first time, the place where he used to carouse with the lover he buried on a battlefield. He sneaks out to his favorite tavern for nostalgia’s sake. Prince Roland comes home from the war to bury his father and see his sister on the throne. It’s a classic fairytale: Knight meets necromancer.

The Capital by A.H. Lee