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Frenchie laughs.
He laughs, and the sound is so unexpected that Izzy startles, heart thumping unevenly in his chest, breath caught in his throat. His chin tilts and his eyes squint and his nose wrinkles with it, and it strikes Izzy that he’s never heard Frenchie laugh before. Not properly, not like this.
I could care for you, Izzy thinks, sudden and violent as a bolt of lightning splitting a mast.
I could care for you, if I chose to.
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In which Frenchie unofficially usurps Izzy as first mate, and they both also fall in love a little bit.
Featuring an entirely baffled and unwillingly charmed Izzy Hands, Frenchie playing the long game, Edward Teach Makes a Friend, Fang And Ivan My Beloveds, a suitably murderous Jim Jimenez, and a very spiteful and pissed off ghost in the walls.
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02 May 2023
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The Widow Mary Bonnet has a life, and Stede Bonnet isn't part of it. They agreed. There was a leopard and everything.
Then again, Stede has a talent for disrupting plans—for instance, by turning up on your doorstep in the dead of night with a bleeding pirate who turns out to be his beloved Ed.
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28 Apr 2023
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Caleb watches. Calculates cost, and what can be borne, and what will be left after. Hopes that the Nein will forgive him. Hopes, too, that they arrive soon enough for that to matter.
"You run from it," Trent is saying, gentle, "but there is always a home for you here. Say the word, and it will be yours."
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Caleb does not make it free at the end of the Vergessen heist. Trent offers him a choice.
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28 Apr 2023
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"It is a pleasure to see you again, Master Thelyss," Trent says in an entreating voice. "It has been so long! Imagine my surprise when my Volstrucker found you skulking about the Biting North."
The spell does not compel a reply, so Essek does not dignify this false pleasantry with a rejoinder.
Trent smiles and takes a sip of his wine. It shines ruby red in the dim gold of the candlelight.
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Trent abducts Essek after the Nein's break in at Vergesson. They have a conversation about a mutual pupil over dinner.
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28 Apr 2023
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Ikithon’s voice presses softly into his head. I’m pleased you made use of him. You were always talented at bending others to your goals. Even far from home, you make me proud.
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Old habits are hard to break, even if you have shed the skin that formed them.
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28 Apr 2023