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  1. Public Bookmark 18

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    "What about Rudo?" He said, urgent, just a hint of a snarl. He took an aborted step forward and stopped, settling for resting his weight on one leg and jiggling the other to let out his restless energy.

    "He's, shit, get BACK from him Zanka! I'm not joking!" Another indiscriminate yell, a pained sound followed by cursing. "I think he's presenting!"

    He let out a sigh through clenched teeth. Well, fuck. This wasn't exactly a common occurance among the Cleaners but it wasn't exactly rare. Corvus was never picky about recruiting young, after all, and he knew Bro lived in fear of the day Dear and Gita hit that particular milestone and was hoping against hope it wouldn't happen when they were out in the field.

    Like he said: he always got the shittiest luck.

    "You know the procedure, Gris." He grunted, regretting putting out his cig. He should've known Rudo would turn out to be an aggressive alpha on rut-brain. He was aggressive enough when he was completely sober-minded.

    "He's not an alpha!" Gris all but hollered, and Enjin's entire body locked up.

    "He's-" He started to say, but Gris cut him off.

    "I think he's a Prime, Enjin!"

    Fuck.

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    20 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    Sacrificed by the clinical, frozen Sphere to secure advanced technology from the surface, ten-year-old Rudo falls into the Pit wrapped in a wedding shiromuku that is entirely too big for him.

    He expects a dark prison; instead, he finds Zanka Nijiku, a fiercely protective young alpha who vows to become a weapon strong enough to shield him from the world. As they grow, their unyielding bond transforms a political trade into a savage, consuming love—one that will force the heavens to bow to the rules of the dirt.

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    16 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    “You don't smell annoying, Rudo.”

    “Don't lie to me... Aren't you supposed to be trying to fight me or lock me in a room or something?”

    When Rudo unexpectedly presents as an Omega, he braces himself for the absolute worst. He’s a cleaner, not anyone’s fragile prize and he definitely doesn't want his hot-headed Alpha rival, Zanka, seeing him weak. But instead of the mockery he fears, Zanka finds an unexpected, grounding peace in Rudo's presence.

    The walls go right back up after Rudo recovers, but a high-stakes mission changes everything. Poisoned during an ambush by Jabber, Zanka sinks into a deep, forced slumber only to wake up in a silent, moonlit scape with a very familiar presence clinging to his side.

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    11 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    Not for the first time has a nightmare woken him from sleep. Rest has never come gently to Rudo.

    Ever since his fall from the Sphere, sleep isn't a refuge - it's a trap. Again and again, the dark gives him Regto bloodied and dying, begging him to run, while the faces of the Sphere residents blur into hollow, accusing shapes that scream murder until the word seems to split the air apart. Sometimes the dreams narrow themselves to his hands, to the scars his parents left there, throbbing with a pain so fierce, it feels alive. Waking up drowning in his own panic is a solitary ritual. Or, it used to be.

    Because the Abyss is cruel, but the Cleaners protect their own. And when the screaming in Rudo's head gets too loud to bear, there is one person who refuses to let him drown.

    Or: Five times Rudo finds comfort in Enjin, who keeps his nightmares at bay, and discovers how it feels to fall in love along the way.

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    09 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    CHIWA <3: omg i’m so sorry rudo, i forgot we had a date today! Can we reschedule?

    The text sits there on her phone, neat and casual and devastating.

    She’s standing right outside the restaurant she was supposed to meet Chiwa at. She waited for thirty minutes. Thirty long, humiliating minutes, checking the door every time it opened, flinching every time someone brushed past her. And then it started to rain. And then—like it was waiting for the right moment to really twist the knife—the text came.

    Rudo doesn't know what she’s supposed to feel.

    Disappointment, yes. That’s there, heavy and obvious. Understanding, too—of course Chiwa has more important things to do than remember a date with Rudo. And anger. Sharp, biting anger directed squarely at herself for actually thinking she was getting somewhere. For letting herself believe that maybe this time was different.

     

    (Or: Rudo experiences what has got to be one of the worst days of her life, and—just when she thinks it can’t get any worse—she gets caught dumpster diving. Just great.)

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    09 Jun 2026