WIP meme: benefit / loss

This is a great time for this meme because I have more unposted stuff right now than I’ve ever had. So let’s see whether I have either of these words 🙂

The Auction – Order in the Court
That was why he was here tonight. The cities elite had got tired of benefit dinners, so the Police Foundation were trying something different to get them to put their hands in their pockets, they were trying an auction. ‘Win a date with Boston’s Finest’– and they had turned out in droves because of the novelty. His reputation demanded his attendance at events like this, but only one person could have made him attend this travesty of human decency – Detective Belle French.

Untitled Rushbelle Marriage of Convenience – Order in the Court
“This council is called to order,” the eldest man announced, which silenced the room. “For the benefit of our guests, from left to right we have Councilor Mary Margaret
Nolan, Ariel Mann, Maurice French, myself Alexander Midas, Thomas Glass, David
Nolan who you have already met and last but not least Regina Mills. Welcome to Misthaven.”

Untitled GoldenLace Bonnie and Clyde
He scowled, feeling manipulated but while he was a monster, he wasn’t the type to
let a young lady freeze. Although he had been feeling the elements himself, really he had extended the invitation for his own benefit.