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    It has been half a year since the King of Adarlan and the Queen of Witches parted ways in Terrasen. They both struggle to rule and rebuild entire kingdoms, while also trying to outrun the dark shadows of grief and trauma. Dorian and Manon find blessed release in the physical comforts of each others' bodies, but it remains to be seen whether they can be more than that. Will Manon find it in herself to walk through, rather than away, from her loss? Can she learn to let go of the iron-fisted grip on her heart when everything she once loved was ripped away from her? What would it look like if Dorian and Manon were both to truly believe that they deserved love and compassion?

    A direct continuation of the Throne of Glass world post-Kingdom of Ash, this story explores how Dorian and Manon find their way to one another. As they both navigate the complexities and heavy burden of duty, they attempt to find healing--individually, together, and for their broken nations.

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    15 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 95

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    Five, ten, fifteen years pass before Katniss and Peeta decide to have a child.

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    31 May 2025

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    Amazing

  3. Public Bookmark 33

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    "She had come for him on that battlefield, where he had lain forgotten, and now she came for him on this blanketed cot, her fingers bunching in the folds of the fabric, her eyes squeezed tight, her mouth a beautiful ‘o’ shape that had Lorcan biting down on his lip to keep his wild imagination from wandering."

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    We finally find out what Lorcan did...

    I have tried to be as canon-compliant as possible and I would recommend reading this directly after their fade-to-black chapter, as details from that chapter are referenced throughout.

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    21 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 64

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    They’d shared a lot back then; and then he’d come back and he’d shared too much. Too much of his burden, and too much of the fallout from his own demons and he’d shared the weight of it all, without sharing any of the weight of her own.

    One thing they’d always shared, though - with just each other, with nobody else - was that look.

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    25 Mar 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 36

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    “Come and join us, priest.” The woman Athelstan had heard called Lagertha stood before him, wrapped in fur with skin peaking out around the edges. Ragnar was beside her, naked as the day he was born, eyes glistening in the candlelight. Athelstan had lived closely with his brother monks, labored and lived in close proximity, so he was no stranger to the naked male form, though less familiar with one of Ragnar’s physique; hard and toned from the labor of battle as well as the field, but Athelstan had never seen so much of a woman before.

    Ragnar was beside him before he noticed the move, stretched along the wall to gaze at his wife from Athelstan’s angle. “She is beautiful, yes?” Though his face was turned away, Athelstan figured what look was upon the man’s face as Lagertha directed it right back to her husband. “You want to touch her?” Ragnar turned back to him as he asked, sharp blue eyes piercing him through the dark.

    He wanted to touch her. Forgive me, Lord.

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    Alternate ending to Athelstan's first night on the farm.

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    14 Mar 2024