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    “Is that what it is? A kingfisher?” Hans hums, and his head sways.
    “Used to be,” Henry offers a smile he hopes is reassuring as he turns the leathery talisman in his palm. “Supposed to guard you from bad luck.”
    “Oh, it didn’t do a very good job now, did it?” Hans’ eyes find his. “You and your birds, Hal… Nightingales and robins and yellowhammers.”
    “My lord.”
    “Promise me, hm?” Hans smiles. “You’ll think of me each time you think of birds.”
    “Hans-”
    “I reckon that’ll be plenty,” the young lord smiles again: the trickle of blood from his temple runs down his cheek. “It will work better to guard you, too, from any harm and any bad luck.”
    “Hans, you need to stay awake. Please.”
    “Maybe I’ll even haunt you, eh?” Something akin to a laugh erupts from his chest in a short, meagre burst. “Better than Toth, too, I promise.”

    After Suchdol and all the pain and tenderness it brought, Henry of Skalitz and his lord Hans Capon of Pirkstein steal some time for themselves: as summer dies and turns to autumn, and to winter cold, they choose to court each other with great honesty and love.

    Even if they wear different names and play the riskiest game of pretend Bohemia has ever seen.

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    16 Apr 2026

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    Amid dealing with amnesia and the complication of the Hanged Man's murder, Harry realizes that Kim wants something from him. What starts as a stolidly casual friends-with-benefits situation swiftly becomes complicated, leaving Harry to work through years of pain and figure out what he wants before it's too late.

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    24 Nov 2025

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    They've grown accustomed to not having any backup - nobody really wanted to stick their neck out for some ex-villains. In a way, it helped them rely on each other more.

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    04 Nov 2025

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    The Lady of Rattay, and a girl who had once laughed in Skalitz.

    What does the story look like when Hans and Henry are women, born into a world where they are not free to live, or to love, as men are?

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    28 Oct 2025

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    “Ghost?”

    Soap.” Ghost’s voice was a low buzz, gravelly with static. In the absolute silence of the snow-covered forest, it sounded both deafeningly loud and intimately quiet.

    “What’s your favourite season?” Soap asked.

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    Four seasons, five countries, six months.

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    03 Oct 2025