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    It feels like being turned inside out, like every cell in her body is being torn apart and put back together wrong. The warehouse disappears into a blur of color and sound and then she's there, directly between Mira and the demon, close enough to see the surprise in Mira's eyes.

    The demon's swing catches Rumi square in the ribs. She feels the impact, feels something crack deep inside, multiple somethings, bones splintering like dry wood, and then she's flying.

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    Or: Rumi would die a thousand times to keep her girls safe, and that's exactly what terrifies Mira most.

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    13 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 26

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    “You’re the one who has the right to say no. You’re the one who gets to choose what you do, what happens to you. No one else. No leader, or hero, or god gets to decide what you do, Imogen. Only you.”

    “I’m not worth Exandria, Laudna.”

    “You are. You’re worth everything.” Laudna knows her voice is wretched, her singular devotion to Imogen eclipsing everything else. She doesn’t know how else to exist other than in thrall to her. “I’d let Exandria burn before I let them take you against your will.”

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    There are no secrets in the dark, only each other. Imogen and Laudna talk about the future.

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    23 Nov 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    Imogen is angry.

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    11 Nov 2023

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    She will never fully comprehend the extent of Amicia’s suffering, but she gets a taste of it through moments like this, and it’s a bitter gall in her mouth. She, at the very least, has the ability to spit it out. Amicia is not as lucky.

    Sophia rubs up and down Amicia’s arm, hoping to wake her up or at least provide some level of comfort. “Shh, it’s alright now, sweetheart,” Sophia says. “Wake up. It’s only a dream. You’re okay.”

    Amicia flinches, then her eyelids flutter open, revealing glassy, unfocused eyes underneath. She tries to sit up but lacks the strength. She looks terribly confused, lost, afraid, her fever muddling her perception. Puzzlement washes over her face as she squints at Sophia, her delirium blurring the lines of reality.

    “M...Mother?” Amicia croaks, her voice barely audible. Her parched lips quiver as she attempts to form the words.

    OR: the one where Amicia mistakes Sophia as her mother

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    01 Aug 2023

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    Title of fic and chapters inspired by Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline".

    Following on directly from their first meeting in "Everybody has to be my Enemy... Except You", Laudna and Imogen travel and get to know one another over their first three nights together. Delilah Briarwood plots in Laudna's head.

    This fic was written between episodes C3E09 and C3E10. It makes many assumptions and is likely all wrong.

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    24 Jul 2023