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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    After the fall of Marlas, Laurent is shipped to Akielos in chains, stripped of his name and forced into captivity within the enemy palace. Haunted by his brother’s death at the hands of Prince Damianos, Laurent wants nothing more than to escape or see Damianos ruined. Damianos is a conqueror and a barbarian, everything Laurent was raised to despise. Yet in a court ruled by secrets, Laurent discovers that Damianos, the last person he ever expected, may be the only one he can trust as he fights to reclaim his crown in Vere.

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    04 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    Laurent is a ragdoll, pulled down into the dark at improbable speed. The lift it makes in his stomach is odd, like the giddy drop on a rollercoaster. A moment of elation, perhaps, before he dies.

    He breaks the surface.

    His gasping mouth now pulls in air, his feet firmly on the rock bottom of the spring and legs holding him up unshakably. Water streams from his head, down his body, as though a bucket had been dumped over his head. He reaches up to push his sopping hair from his eyes.

    “Naiad,” a voice says.

    Laurent stills. Psychological collapse should be allowed, by the universe, to be a solitary affair, especially when it happens in a state of complete undress. It’s unfair on a cosmic level that Laurent should be happened upon by a stranger in his current condition.

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    On holiday with his brother in Ios, Laurent bathes in a hot spring. Unfortunately, he drowns. Even more unfortunately, when he surfaces somehow, he finds himself thrust back in time. Dropped into the middle of a mythologised ancient war for the Akielon throne, he is determined to get back to the modern day - even after ending up kidnapped (or perhaps rescued) by the rightful King, Damianos.

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    29 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 68

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    “Hello, husband. Why are you naked?”

    Damen draws in a ragged breath seemingly more from emotion than physiological need, and Laurent notices the exact moment that his eyes focus on Laurent and he is able to take in the world before him.

    “Laurent,” he says, a little raspy, eyes still wide, “how did you do that three—four times? I have never felt so—The lack of control. It felt like drowning. How were you sure you didn’t drown?” He stumbles to the edge of the spring as he speaks, driven by a clear impetus: dropping to his knees next to Laurent and pulling him in for a reassuring hug. Laurent pushes him away before he can make contact, standing and lifting the towel from the pile he has made.

    “You’re all wet, and I’d prefer not to be. Dry yourself and get dressed, and then you may lay your hands on me.”

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    After the events of even in another time, Laurent and Damen take the opportunity to go on a trip—a honeymoon of sorts—to the modern world. Brothers are met, books are launched, and another first is experienced.

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    29 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 3

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    Laurent had come to Marlas a bright and innocent youth caught up in his brother's excitement, in the romance of battle and the righteousness of their cause. He left the battlefield alone, a stranger to himself, ready to be reshaped into a creature of someone else's design. Time and trauma cut him farther from himself, from the ability to do anything but play the losing game he found himself caught up in.

    This is an attempt to examine the first novel from Laurent's POV.

    Podfic of Marionette by KaerWrites.

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    27 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 1

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    Damen is giving his bimonthly shibari course. Laurent is his beautiful assistent.

    Prompts Day 11: Rope Bondage | Hair Pulling | Chasing/Hunting

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    18 May 2026