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  1. Public Bookmark 28

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    They arrive in the capital in the late afternoon, with the orange light of the sunset reflecting in the waters of the pier, the noises of twilight movements in the city, the smell of salt and chimneys spitting smoke, the bumpy alleys, the lamplighters lighting the poles for when night falls. It's all so familiar (...) maybe she's twenty-two years old again and will have to wake up early tomorrow for her servitude duties. Or maybe she's nineteen, begging her father to recognize her talent for the royal guard. Maybe she’s fifteen, dreaming of meeting distant lands and rescuing princesses. Maybe she's twelve, training every day with her first and dear sword. Maybe she's nine, playing through the eastern streets of the city, looking for insects among the cobblestones.

    Maybe she still has Rapunzel with her.

     

    Cassandra returns to Corona after twenty years.

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    22 May 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    Distant epilogue to the series. Cassandra, in self-imposed exhile, is trying to piece her life together, forget Corona, forget the Princess that she was not allowed to love and didn't allow herself to hate.
    Things have been quiet, and it seems like Cassandra is getting used to her hard-won peace.

    But one night the storm brings a visitor, and suddenly Cassandra is thrown into the embrace of an unthinkable temptation.

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    Heavy angst. Somewhat of a happy ending.

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    03 May 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    Nicole glanced up at the black sky and prayed to the god of awkward situationships. She hated having a conscience.

    “Get in the damn car.”

    Ruby rubbed her nose. “What?”

    “I said get in the car.”

    “I can’t, asshole. That’s the problem.”

    “I think your brain’s frozen. My car, dummy.” She gestured to her shitty sedan. “You’re coming with me.”

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    08 Apr 2025

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    “What?” You blink owlishly back at her, trying to make sense of what exactly she just said.

    Haley scoffs at you, looking severely unimpressed. “I thought you were gonna kiss me—one of those passionate, ‘shut the fuck up’ ones.”

    “Oh.” You say, and then, “What?”

    “You’re honestly clueless.” She sighs. “Only God knows why I thought you were hot enough to talk to.”

    That throws you for another loop. If this is how she treats the people she’s flirting with, how exactly does she treat the people she sincerely cares for? You’re not sure you want to find out. “You’ve been flirting this entire time?”

    “Uh, yeah.” Haley rolls her eyes, leveling you with a look that tells you she thinks you're stupid.

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    The farmer is upset and Haley cheers her up. (Never mind that Haley was the reason she was upset in the first place.)

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    09 Feb 2025

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    “Fair play,” Rhaenyra replies, “But you can’t just spend all summer wasting away here, your only friend to speak of being the 30 year old lesbian who cleans your pool.”

    “That seems like something you made up just now,” Aegon responds lightly, “Rather than an actual rule.”

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    After her mugshot makes it into the tabloids, Rhaenyra strikes a deal to keep her inheritance that involves a summer spent working at her cousin's landscaping company. This brings her to the house of delinquent teenager Aegon Hightower and his lonely, high-strung mother.

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    24 Dec 2024