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    Essek goes home, and there is no one waiting at his door. This should be some manner of relief. But his towers haven't felt like a safe haven for a long time now, long before errant scourgers appeared to harass him with strange questions. He misses the immediacy of that threat, prefers it over the slow and indulgent terror of whatever punishment is coming for him, someday soon.

    He tells himself that he misses only that, the simplicity of being unsafe in the company of predators, and that he does not miss the company itself.

    (In which a pair of scourgers shows up at Essek’s doorstep and saves him from himself.)

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    22 Apr 2026

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    “It’s different.” Bond rasps, not looking at Q. He fixes his gaze on the shadows of rain dripping in streaks on the adjacent wall. “Losing. When you’re the knife.”

    “When you usually do the cutting.”

    “I’m used to self-cauterizing.”

    “You’re used to doing a lot of things on your own.”

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    The first time they sleep together, it is not about love.

     

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    Bond is never poisoned by Safin. Instead, he runs off into the sunset with Madeleine and Mathilde to enjoy having a family for the first time in his life. When his past mistakes destroy his happy domesticity, he finds himself knocking on a very familiar door.

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    14 Dec 2023

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    "This is a great boon," Thor said reverently as he picked up the sphere, which remained a dull silver color. "It is for the restoration of what is lost, for the righting of wrongs. It was a gift from the goddess Idunn."

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    "You both want the crown," Borna said, blood bubbling from his mouth as he laughed, "and you shall both have it. Together."

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    13 Dec 2022