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Laurent was six years old when the boy appeared in his fireplace.
Winter had come early in Arles that year. The thick glass pane of his window frosted over in a way that created fractals of light in the morning and made him know that magic was real, the type of magic that ignited his curiosity and emboldened his imagination to feats of whimsy and mischief. The trees outside stood bare; spindly things that cast shadows of twisted unnatural shapes, changing the soft glow of magic into menace that had Laurent drawing the bedcovers to his nose, eyes wide open on alert, then squeezed shut in fear. The shadows reminded him of Auguste’s stories: witches stealing children, wolves crunching bones and eating human flesh, foul creatures lurking in darkness to snatch ankles and drag them under the bed, never to be seen again.
But Auguste had never told him of olive skinned boys falling out of lit fireplaces.
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In which a fated, inexplicable meeting changes the course of history.
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05 Mar 2026
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Laurent has spent the last few years sabotaging his uncle’s plans while he waits for Auguste to become the next king. It takes its toll, but he knows he can’t give up, even if he has to do it alone.
Exhausted and at his limit, he drags himself to his tiny apartment in Marlas where he doesn’t have to be the prince. Next door is a man hiding for his own reasons, and he’s determined to not let Laurent suffer, at least if there’s some way he can help.
An offer for food saves them both.
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29 Jan 2026
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While preparing for their respective solo launches, Namjoon and Hoseok keep meeting at the cafe on the nineteenth floor of the company building.
What Hoseok doesn’t know is that Namjoon has a secret he’s been hiding from Hoseok… since the 2018 BBMA’s, in fact.
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03 Jan 2025
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The cell, the chains, the starvation, all those he could take; but Mr. Boots reciting poetry? Here Laurent drew the line. There are some things even a captive prince will refuse to bear.
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- Part 1 of Well, Well, Well
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02 Jan 2025
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The rumors between the common folk said King Laurent wasn’t fond of the slave in the slightest before he suddenly freed him and married him within days. The uproar this scandal caused shook the whole country for weeks, especially since the consort disappeared from earth the second they were wed.
Vere was once again gripped by a huge shock when it was announced Prince Damen gave birth to a boy six months after the wedding. Then it became painfully clear why the king decided to marry his slave.
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10 Dec 2024