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The Expanse



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    She set the papers on the desk with precise, shaking hands, then brushed past Penelope as if she were nothing more than a stranger.

    “Eloise, wait!” Penelope chased after her down the hall. “Please—please don’t leave like this!”But Eloise didn’t stop. She descended the stairs, blending into the glittering crowd of the ball without a backward glance.Penelope stood frozen for a moment—until panic spurred her into motion. She gathered her skirts and hurried after her, heart pounding.Instead of Eloise’s familiar figure, however, voices stopped her just inside the ballroom doors.

    Male voices.

    Laughing.

    “…Featherington?” one of them snickered. “You mean the quiet one who clings to the walls? No man in his right mind would call that appealing.”

    Penelope’s heart clenched—but then Colin Bridgerton’s voice answered, warm and light as always… only now edged with cruel amusement.

    “Oh, come now,” he said. “Penelope is a dear friend, but a wife? Never. I could never think of her that way.”

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    After cruel words and broken trust, Penelope decides she will not walk blindly into marriage simply because invitations were already sent and society expects it. When Colin suggests they can decide what their marriage will be after the wedding, she knows too well what a cold home can do to a family.
    She has erred too, but she will not repeat her mother’s mistakes by remaining silent or settling for less than she deserves. If she is to marry Colin, it must be with honesty, with conversation, and with the promise of something healthier than what she watched her parents endure. Together, they begin again — not with easy certainty, but with the fragile hope of a future built on choice.
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    …the one where Penelope halts her engagement and gives herself time to think about the future she truly wants — where she makes choices, not out of fear or pressure, but the best ones for herself.

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    One night changes everything.
    After a bitter fight with Eloise fractures the one friendship Penelope Featherington has always believed unbreakable, she arrives at the ball already aching—raw with loneliness and regret. But it is not until she overhears Colin Bridgerton’s careless words, spoken with laughter and certainty, that something inside her finally shatters.
    In the glittering shadows of the ballroom, Penelope realizes that waiting quietly, loving faithfully, and hoping endlessly has only ever left her invisible. The girl who believed kindness and patience would be enough is left behind on the marble floor.
    By dawn, Penelope makes a silent vow: she will no longer shrink, soften, or settle for being overlooked. If the world refuses to see her as she is, then she will remake herself entirely—and this time, she will be unforgettable.

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    An archive for my various Emmrich/Rook drawings.

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    Allegra Marino’s life is as hard as it gets – left with no means to get by in Antaam-occupied Treviso, she is now forced to deal with the attention of a Qunari general and survive.

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