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"You don't know what you're offering," Tobio says finally. "I'm dangerous. The magic in me—"
"I know what you are," Hinata interrupts. "The Witch-King's left hand. You held armies together with your will alone." He smiles, sudden and fierce, a flash of teeth. "I may just be an apothecary, Kageyama-san, but I'm the best damn apothecary in this city. I know quality when I see it. Now, will you stand there letting the heat out, or will you come have supper?"
The collar burns. But here, in this cramped shop that smells of hope and stubbornness, the cold seems slightly less absolute.
Kageyama Tobio, a disgraced witch-healer, gifted as war reparation to a humble apothecary expects only humiliation, but finds instead a stubborn, radiant kindness that slowly redefines the boundary between captivity and home.
As seasons turn and trust takes root deeper than magical compulsions, both men must learn that the most unbreakable bonds are those chosen freely rather than forged by law.