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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    “Hey Azune,” Hal said when he came in. His voice had gone even softer than it was when he helped Azune calm down after a nightmare. He held the wicker carrier up to let him see inside.

    Between the cushioned sides of the basket lay a tiny baby. Much smaller than Azune had ever seen before. They had skin the color of late-summer clover and thin dark hair across their head and the most perfect little ears that came to a point towards the back. They were asleep, swaddled in a blanket.

    “Meet Namai Areil.”

    When one of Hal's acquaintances finds herself struggling to care for her new baby, he offers to take care of the little one for a week so she can rest and recover from the birth. He's no stranger to fostering, after all.

    What he wasn't expecting, but maybe should have been, was for his other current foster Azune to be so much help. And through helping care for the baby, Azune may learn some things about taking care of himself.

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    06 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    His mornings steadily come earlier. His days stretch longer. He focuses on picking up the slack left behind by those let go during Einfasen’s takeover. He meets Varen at the Falcon’s Rest and his fellow schemers at the Seven Stars.

    He sees the way they look at him, as time goes on—and tries his damnedest to ignore their concern, unwarranted and wasted on him.

    It takes a week for the strain to start taking its toll.

    (Or, Azune pushes himself to the breaking point. Thankfully, he's got people to catch him before he goes too far over the edge. Canon divergence where the schemers have a little more time before the other tables make it back to the city.)

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    04 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 57

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    Imogen thrust out a hand, her stupid Gelvaan manners kicking in before she could stop them.

    “Imogen Temult.”

    The woman examined her hand for a beat, not with hostility, but something more like surprised curiosity. Before Imogen could yank it away, cold fingers wrapped themselves around Imogen’s hand and gave it a gentle shake.

    Imogen put every single brain cell she had left into trying not to think about those long and cool fingers, and how they might feel in other places.

    “Laudna,” the woman introduced herself.

    “Beautiful name,” Imogen said, almost biting her tongue off after she finished saying it.

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    Imogen and her daughter Flora have just moved to Jrusar. Laudna quickly becomes Imogen's best friend, and the two of them learn to navigate life and love together.

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    25 May 2026

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    Belluine adjective
    1. Beastly; pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; brutal: as, “animal and belluine life,”
    2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of beasts; bestial; brutal; animal.

    Shen Jiu is trapped, injured, and basically feral after ending up in the Endless Abyss. Heavenly Demon Shen Yuan is used to dealing with frightened, injured beasts. How different could a savage cultivator be?

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    25 May 2026

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    Grian shifted again—another small movement, a thoughtless roll of his hips as he resettled. The bed creaked faintly beneath them, the sound sharp in the hush. Grian froze for half a second, then relaxed, deciding it was probably fine. If anything, it helped the illusion.

    Scar, on the other hand, went very still.

    His jaw tightened, eyes closing briefly as he took a slow breath, hands remaining firmly—but respectfully—at Grian’s sides. When he spoke again, his voice was even, almost too controlled. “Hey,” he said gently, breathlessly, “maybe— maybe don’t move like that.”

    Grian blinked. “Oh—sorry.” He flushed, immediately trying to still himself, hands pressing into Scar’s shoulders for balance. “Did I—?”

    Before Scar could answer—

    BANG BANG BANG.

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    When a plan hatches for Grian to pretend to be Scar’s partner at his mother’s ‘Christmas Extravaganza’, Grian realises that fake love feels an awful lot like the real thing—especially when everyone else believes it already is.

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    25 May 2026