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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    "I gave you a choice, and you denied me, like a fool. Now you get one more. Bed him as you wouldn't bed me, or he dies, and after you have served your purpose, so do you. You love him so dearly? Prove it. Show me what he has that I do not."

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    The Pale Woman doubles down on her psychological Skill torture before dragging Fitz and Beloved away to her throne room, forcing both of them to decide how far they'd truly be willing to go to protect one another.

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    20 Sep 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 1

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    Once, he catches Dwalia hissing, "That thing! It's meant to hurt, why did you make it like this?" It does not please Ilistore to have her decisions questioned. However, it pleases Will immensely to have won that round without lifting a finger. Will knows all about power struggles. His coterie's been embroiled in one ever since their old Skillmaster died. Will doesn't see the sense in open attempts to convince everyone he has power - much better to just seize it silently until not one soul can deny it. But he has to admit it's satisfying to be winning in plain sight.

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    29 Aug 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 16

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    Five wisemen went to Jhampee-town,
    followed a road nor up nor down.
    They begged the tyrant to let them go,
    and what became of them, no one can know.

     

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    Six years after the fall of the Witted bastard and his accomplices, the Mountwell King reigns undisputed. Against the ravaged, lawless coastal duchies, he holds the last bastion of strength and order. The minstrels say the Outislanders speak his name with dread. The quarry lies in the hands of his oldest coterie. From all four corners of the realm do seekers of fortune flock to his towns, his court, his King's Circle.

    But the Witted bastard's misbegotten daughter has not been found.

    (The one where Regal succeeded, took possession of the quarry, and scattered his few surviving opponents to the winds)

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    14 Aug 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 52

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    “They are hardly the first Lord and servant to spark such rumors.”

    “That right?” I leaned in again. I could see the barest hint of a tattooed scale peeking over his high shirt collar.

    “Indeed. Some of them even true.”

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    An(other) Elderling Tent Fic. A follow up to "To Arrive Where We Started."

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    28 Jul 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    John wasn't looking forward to his birthday. Aberdeen was cold and bloody far away. This year they also got a surprise travel companion last minute and John is convinced, it couldn't get any worse. But perhaps, it's not so bad after all.
    “Why do ye have him saved as the Devil?”

    John shot Jamie a look that hopefully conveyed that out of all people Jamie should really know the reason for his choice of the contact name. Jamie shook his head, but he was still grinning.

    “I thought ye enjoyed last time?” he asked, blinking at him slowly in a way that meant he was trying to wink.

    “Last time” included his boyfriend’s casual dom coming all over his face and while John did indeed enjoy the encounter, the man was still an arsehole.

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    23 Jul 2024