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1. Checkmate by briarlovestowrite

   Fandoms: The Sun King and his Knight Series - Briar Niran  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Jul 2026

   Tags

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   • Richard/Kaelen Haramont
   • Richard (The Sun King)
   • Kaelen Haramont
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Mafia AU
   • Sexual Tension
   • Asexual Character

   Summary

   Rookie homicide detective Kaelen Lanakin is prepared for the interrogation.

   He has his badge, his notepad, and several questions about the body just pulled from the harbour.

   But when Richard King, leader of the Phoenix syndicate, answers the door half-naked and dripping wet, Kaelen realises he has walked into a dangerous game of chess.

   And Richard has already made the first move.

   Series

   • Part 1 of In Every World, Even This

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,024

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   28

   Kudos:

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