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Yawning, Wriothesley rolls over to find the bed empty, the space where Neuvillette slept cool to the touch. He drags his hand over that empty space and pushes himself up. Across from the bed, the bathroom door is mostly closed, a thin sliver of light spilling around the threshold, bright in the early morning darkness. It’s cute, he thinks, that Neuvillette thought to close the door, especially because Wriothesley is a light sleeper.
And yet Neuvillette was able to slip out of bed without waking him.
That’s a thought Wriothesley definitely doesn’t want to unpack right now.
Wriothesley helps Neuvillette get dressed.
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24 Oct 2023
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Even at the alter, General Ren does not smile. His expressionless gaze is cast on their joined hands instead as if it offends him. He does not lift his gaze until they rise from a deep bow, deeper than Dan Heng has ever had to in his life and it is for a man who has slain thousands of his people.
His smile slips when their eyes meet, a clash of green and red so vivid the world comes to a standstill to this single point in time.
After six years on the battlefield, Dan Heng meets defeat in the face of his consort.
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In the aftermath of a bloody war, the way to a lasting peace treaty comes in the form of marriage; generals of their respective armies would be offered as consorts for the heirs of their nations. In the name of peace, Dan Heng reluctantly accepts the show of goodwill but seeing an enemy as a friend is no easy task.
It quickly becomes clear that his own people would sooner seek vengeance for their losses than to accept this political power play, even at the cost of their prince's life.
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16 Oct 2023