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    When Phainon finally moved to Castrum Kremnos—the city he’d daydreamed about since childhood—he expected many things: difficult dialects, lovely cuisine, and locals built like war gods. He did not expect to flirt with a man he assumed was a priest.

    “So… I read Nikador’s scriptures once. Very inspiring. Huge fan.”

    Finger guns.

    Pew pew.

    A silence worthy of a sacred text.

    Unfortunately, that “priest” happened to be the Crown Prince.

    Even more unfortunately, the Crown Prince thought he was cute.

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  2. Public Bookmark 85

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    Every book in the universe one day ends up at the Library. They all come to Mydei’s desk, and it’s his pleasure to catalog them. For years, from the rising to the setting of the sun, he has sat at his desk entering those books into the card catalog before passing them off to his librarians to shelve. Though the librarians are the world’s heroes, and the Library rests firmly in the control of the Head Librarian, no one disputes that the Library is his. When someone wants to find a rare tome, they come first to him.

    “Enter,” he says as someone knocks on his door.

    Hephaestion opens the door. “A petitioner for the cataloguer,” he says, a smile playing across his lips. Mydei looks past Hephaestion to a silvery-haired young man, eager as a puppy, expression hopeful. It is no small thing to seek out Mydei’s help, and no small expense. This puppy looks as though he could hardly afford his own dinner. “This is Phainon,” Hephaestion continues. “Of Aedes Elysiae.”

    In a Library that contains more than just books, Phainon commissions Chief Cataloguer Mydei to find a particular volume of great importance to him. What they endure on their journey will change them forever.

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    Mydei stares at him, sucking in a sharp breath. Heat burns in his golden eyes, and his lips curl in a surprised but pleased smile. “You’re not half bad yourself,” Mydei says.

    “Thanks?”

    “At first, I couldn’t tell if you were a dumb jock who stumbled into a doctoral candidacy or a genuinely brilliant mind that won the genetic lottery,” Mydei drawls.

    Doctoral candidate Phainon walks into the special collections in search of a rare book and finds a rare librarian. Mydei is not impressed.

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  4. Public Bookmark 32

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    After watching a play about enemies turned lovers through the intervention of the gods misusing aphrodisiacs, Phainon and Mydei becomes convinced that they're living out the same plot after a trip to some ruins.

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  5. Public Bookmark 32

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    “Marriage is a sacred act. This city may now be Romance’s domain, but Strife is Romance’s only equal within the household. Marriage is the conjoining of two separate bloodlines, producing both alliances and offspring that can elevate a family’s glory or plunge it into obscurity. The capturing of the… bride is the final opportunity for both parties to enter with their strongest foot forwards. The victor’s success is proof of their prowess, and Nikador’s blessing of the union.”

    “And the defeated is unaware?”

    “They know what’s to come, just not when. The victor comes and goes at their own discretion.”

    First the aged scroll from Dawncloud’s library and then the conversation with Krateros—both had made one thing abundantly clear: Phainon had to kidnap Mydei.

    Within Dawncloud’s library, there are records of an obscure traditional Kremnoan nuptial ritual: following the betrothal duel, the victor is responsible for capturing the defeated from their house and bringing them into their new household.

    When Phainon learns of this ritual, he endeavours to fulfil his role as Mydei’s betrothed. Of course, it’s a little bit more complex than that.

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