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  1. Scent of A Woman by

    Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)  

    26 Sep 2026

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    He has lived among humans for years without difficulty, yet her presence unsettles him in a manner he cannot explain. Her scent, he thinks, clings to the very fabric of his cotton shirt. It swirls and settles in the marrow of his bones, sweet enough to make the careful restraint he thought he knew well tenuous as a thread, and dangerously breakable.

    Margaret Hale ought to be nothing more than another face in his mill, another heartbeat among hundreds. And yet John Thornton finds himself listening for hers.

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    A semi-canon-compliant North and South retelling, except John is a vampire... and Margaret wonders why he stares at her so intently.

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