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“If Nikandros hated himself enough, he could imagine that Damianos would walk through the door at any time. He could imagine him opening his arms in welcome, his face bright in a laugh, challenging Nikandros to a wrestle in the training arena. As if they were children again.
But Nikandros had not come to Ios to meet Damen. Nikandros had come for the funeral.”
Nikandros, in the five stages.
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Damen's already unpleasant visit to Arles takes a sour turn when he and Laurent get into an argument.
“You’re unfair!” Laurent chokes out, wrapping his hands around Damen’s wrist, much like he did last night. “So what, just because I was –admittedly– a little cruel last night you decided to abandon me before the sun even rises? Do you want me to grovel at your feet? Beg for forgiveness?”
“I want no such thing,” Damen answers patiently. “You said yourself before we arrived here that our stay was going to last six months at most. We’re almost halfway done. Without me here to distract you, the time will fly and before you know it, we will reunite in our new palace.”
Laurent’s lower lip wobbles. “You’re willing to stay away from me for that long, then?”
Damen doesn’t hesitate to answer honestly. “If it will make you stop resenting me, yes.”
“Resent you?! I don’t–”
“You compared me to your uncle, Laurent.”
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"Because Damianos of Akielos dying as Laurent felt sorry for him—
That was unacceptable."
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Missing scenes from Captive Prince and Kings Rising. Because Damen can be an unreliable narrator, and Laurent was there for it all.
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[…] "He'll be fine," Paschal promised, begging not to turn him into a liar.
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Damen and Laurent are not speaking in the weeks following the official merging of their kingdoms. Somewhere along the way, they lost sight of each other. Damen is hurting. Laurent is seemingly uncaring. Both have no idea what is going on in the other's head. But slowly, eventually— they find their way.