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    “So,” he said, “You are to be our grandson’s wife.”
    “An it pleases His Serenity and our father,” said Csethiro Ceredin. Her voice was deeper than he had expected, and she seemed to have to work to keep it from carrying.
    “And how does it please Csethiro Ceredin, pray?” said Maru. 
    “As well as it pleases any lady chosen to be Zhasan, we have no doubt,” said Csethiro coolly. 
    Saying that to Chenelo Sevraseched’s father was either stupid or deliberately brassy, and Maru had already ruled out the likelihood of her being stupid.

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    It is not so very difficult to lay an emperor low. They all see that now. All one needs is an empty room, a span of less than five minutes, and a boot.

    Princess Sheveän decides she cannot rely upon her own household’s armsmen to assist with ousting the emperor, opting instead to bring in outside help. Maia reaps the consequences.

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    06 Jan 2026

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    Arlu's situation was what her father would have called delicate. She had willingly taken the oaths of a novice, binding herself to the Athmaz'are until she either completed her education or was dismissed. She was not yet of age, but at fourteen she was old enough to speak for herself, and her father had given his blessing very enthusiastically—her sister had said he was 'living vicariously'. Arlu belonged to the Athmaz'are until such time as her novitiate was completed; even if, like all novices, she was still technically a member of her father's house, it was not meant to matter.

    But her father's house was Drazhada, and if there was one thing Arlu had known since she was a little girl, it was that that made all the difference.

    Arlu Drazhin joins the Athmaz'are. It is a dream come true, and a greater challenge than she could have ever expected.

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    The airship registration offices were in a very inconvenient part of the court indeed, Maraiis thought to himself. It was a very long and tiring route, up and down far more flights of stairs than he had even known existed.

    Maraiis Drazhar deals with the horrors of bureaucracy, and a very rude clerk.

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    30 Dec 2025

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    Csevro reached for the stones of the windowsill, her fingers grasping desperately at the crumbling marble. One last pull, just complete this climb, and she would finally reach the top of the tower, find the source of the strange and beautiful singing that had brought her to this moonlit clearing.

    "I am nearly there," she cried, above the harsh whipping winds that moaned about the tower. "Thou needst not live in fear any longer! I have slain the dragon, and we shall flee to my father's lands!"

    "Csevro!"

    A tiny, white head peered over the windowsill at her, and an equally tiny dark hand tapped her on the nose.

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    19 Dec 2025