#beast bree

[pixlostinatos]

Echo / Again

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[breelandwalker]

As a person with ADHD, I have such a love-hate relationship with caffeine and energy drinks.

On the one hand, coffee is delicious and most of the time, a small amount of 5hr will help clear the morning fog and get me going.

On the other hand, the crash comes much sooner for me with caffeine, and there are days when energy shots don't work at all. And trying to drink either one is like, "I SHOULD be feeling more awake and alert. Instead, now I'm just sleepy but my chest is vibrating."

Unfair. Unconstitutional. I want to speak to a manager.

[mcybree]

furiously trying to find out if any other fan hosted life series has a tag on here i can look through. there’s got to be. please. i want to look at peoples art for their death game guys… i guess i can look through trafficsonas but it’s not the same

[wolfgirltummy]

having to rub lotion on your pregnancy bump since it gets big so fast 😵‍💫

[alberichfanpage]

Bree approaches the Erdtree

[formulaonedirection]

top five bree lewisrisesisms 😁

VERY SERIOUS ANSWERS

What does he even do dot jpg like my favs may be hit with the strays at times but you simply cannot argue against its accuracy

Being the number one reformed unreformed exo-l like relating things to do kyungsoo u will be there no matter what

The colour yellow like nobody gets it like u and lewie 🤞🏽

Randomly being british 🤔

No. 1 hater of * and * yet no. 1 propagandist of ** ....?

ask for my top 5 anything

[bookishdaze]

"Bree, you gotta stop making Nomae about Beauty and the Beast every chance you get. You're reading too much into it."

Ok ok, I'll stop.

...

But not today! ENHANCE IMAGE! 🔍🧐

LUMIERE CAMEO

This round thingy also reminds me of the spinning wheel from Sleeping Beauty.

And right now Mae is like Sleeping Beauty locked in a castle and the prince has to climb up a tall tower to save her. Just sayinggggg

[rwac96]

(prompt, original stud werewolf) the aces ops are sent to vale to find out about this werewolf sighting. when they catch it, jaune, fucking a student, pyrrha, harriet offers to *sacrifice* herself for the greater good. they know that is total bull, especially with how she is swaying her wide hips towards the beast.

Platt!-Platt!-Platt!-Platt!

The transformed Jaune howled, as he held the Ace Ops Speedster by her hips with his monstrous claws. The werewolf hammered his golden, furry hips against Harriet Bree's bare, ebony ass cheeks. It started as a reconnaissance mission in Vale, hearing about reports of the Werewolf sighting. They spent one long day talking to eyewitnesses, retracing the beast's tracks, and investigating rumors of Pyrrha Nikos being seen with the monster. Then, during a patrol in the Emerald Forest, they heard wet smacks of flesh & fur, and a girl moaning. Seeing Mistral's champion being fucked by the monster, Harriet offers herself a 'heroic sacrifice', but her teammates see the aroused glint in her eyes.

"Haaah, fuuuck!!" Harriet moaned at the top of her lungs, her uniform torn to expose her breasts, ass, and orifices. "S-So big--Oooh, shit~!!"

"He's so incredible," Pyrrha Nikos says through pants, watching her Beloved ravaging the Ace Ops speedster.

"So tight," the transformed Jaune growled, as he continuously pounded his pelvis against the dark-skinned Atlasian's ass. "Hnngh, so good~!!"

Schlap!-Schlap!-Schlap!-Schlap!

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in October 2024 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Happy reading!

❓What was the last queer book you read?

[ Release dates may have changed. List below! ]

❤️ Back in the Hunt - K. Sterling 🧡 The Connoisseur's Christmas Courtship - L.M. Bennett 💛 Shoestring Theory - Mariana Costa 💚 The Black Hunger - Nicholas Pullen 💙 Wild Fire - Radclyffe 💜 Because Fat Girl - Lauren Marie Fleming ❤️ The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide - Cody Daigle-Orians 🧡 Soul Survivors - River Kai 💛 Stolen Hearts - Michele Castleman 💙 Reverence - Milena McKay 💜 Love Immortal - Kit Vincent

❤️ Take a Sad Song - Ona Gritz 🧡 Showmance - Chad Beguelin 💛 Redundancies & Potentials - Dominique Dickey 💚 Alexander - Karla Nikole 💙 Rest in Peaches - Alex Brown 💜 Rise of the Wrecking Crew - Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Language Lessons - Sage Donnell 🧡 Legend of the White Snake - Sher Lee 💛 Sorcery and Small Magis - Maiga Doocy 💙 Cried Out - Kate Hawthorne 💜 Skysong - C.A. Wright 🌈 No Rules Tonight - Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada

❤️ My Mother's Ridiculous Rules for Dating - Philip William Stover 🧡 I Shall Never Fall in Love - Hari Conner 💛 Castle Swimmer - Wendy Martin 🧡 The Hollow and the Haunted - Camilla Raines 💙 How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? - Anna Montague 💜 The Arizona Triangle - Sydney Graves ❤️ Every Rule Undone - Nancy S.M. Waldman 🧡 Mister Nice - Jamie Jennings 💛 Under the Mistletoe with You - Lizzie Huxley-Jones 💙 How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster - Muriel Leung 💜 The Snowball Effect - Haley Cass 🌈 This Will Be Fun - E.B. Asher

❤️ Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst 🧡 Don't Let the Forest In - C.G. Drews 💛 Finding Delaware - Bree Wiley 💚 The Reeds - Arjun Basu 💙 The Bloodless Princes - Charlotte Bond 💜 Women's Hotel - Daniel M. Lavery ❤️ Alex McKenna and the Academy of Souls - Vicki-Ann Bush 🧡 A Vile Season - David Ferraro 💛 Synchronicity - J.J. Hale 💙 Writ of Love - Cassidy Crane 💜 Di-Curious - Erin Branch 🌈 Swordcrossed - Freya Marske

❤️ Stand Up! - Tori Sharp 🧡 Haunt Me, Baby - Rose Santoriello 💚 Planet Drag: Uncover the Global Herstory - Various 💙 Until We Shatter - Kate Dylan 💜 Metal from Heaven - August Clarke ❤️ Vicious Fates and Vast Futures - Tilly Bramley 🧡 The Daughter of Danray - Natalia Hernandez 💛 If I Stopped Haunting You - Colby Wilkens 💙 The Darkness Behind The Door - Mira Gonzalez 💜 Hunt Monsters, Do Magic, and Fall in Love - A.M. Weald 🌈 Jasmine Is Haunted - Mark Oshiro

❤️ Model Home - Rivers Solomon 🧡 Haunting Melody - Chloe Spencer 💛 The Door in Lake Mallion - S.M. Beiko 💚 The City in Glass - Nghi Vo 💙 Fang Fiction - Kate Stayman-London 💜 The Merriest Misters - Timothy Janovsky ❤️ Make the Season Bright - Ashley Herring Blake 🧡 My Kind of Trouble - L.A. Schwartz 💛 To Become A Flower - CEON 💙 What Was Lost - Melissa Connelly 💜 The Forbidden Book - Sacha Lamb 🌈 This Dark Paradise - Erin Luken

❤️ The Sound of Storms - Anya Keeler 🧡 Country Queers - Rae Garringer 💛 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeves 💚 The Stars Inside Us - Kristy Gardner 💙 October's Ocean - Delaine Coppock 💜 Haunt Your Heart Out - Amber Roberts ❤️ The Dark Becomes Her - Judy I. Lin 🧡 Power Pose - Emily Silver 💛 The Magic You Make - Jason June 💙 House of Elephants - Claribel A. Ortega 💜 Tegan and Sara: Crush - Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden 🌈 The Brightness Between Us - Eliot Schrefer

❤️ The Spring before Obergefell - Benjamin S. Grossberg 🧡 Pray For Him - Tyler Battaglia 💛 Coup de Grâce - Sofia Ajram 💚 Coal Gets In Your Veins - Cat Rector 💙 He Who Bleeds - Dorian Valentine 💜 The Revenge of Captain Vessia - Leslie Allen ❤️ Camelot's Tower - Brooke Matthews 🧡 The Manor - Tiffany E. Taylor 💛 Arcanum - Ashlyn Drewek 💙 Strange Beasts - Susan J. Morris 💜 On Vicious Worlds - Bethany Jacobs 🌈 Death Song - B. Ripley

❤️ Best Hex Ever - Nadia El-Fassi 🧡 I'll Be Gone for Christmas - Georgia K. Boone 💛 Make My Wish Come True - Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick 💚 Gentlest of Wild Things - Sarah Underwood 💙 Troth - E.H. Lupton 💜 Solis - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher ❤️ Lucy, Uncensored - Mel Hammond, Teghan Hammond 🧡 Mama - Nikkya Hargrove 💛 Under All the Lights - Maya Ameyaw 💙 Reclaimed - Seth Haddon 💜 The Devil's Dilemma - Alex J. Adams 🌈 The Jovian Madrigals - Janneke de Beer

❤️ Blood Price - Nicole Evans 🧡 Worship Me - K.C. Blume 💛 All the Hearts You Eat - Hailey Piper 💚 The Nightmare Before Kissmas - Sara Raasch 💙 Rogue Community College - David R. Slayton 💜 Mistress of Hours - Emma Elizabeth ❤️ The Dog Trainer's Secret - Sav Uong 🧡 Most Wonderful - Georgia Clark 💛 Antenora - Dori Lumpkin 💙 House of Frank - Kay Synclaire 💜 Sir Callie and the Witch's War - Esme Symes-Smith 🌈 Prince of Fortune - Lisa Tirreno

[pixlostinatos]

feeling emotions about the breatures character arc in this chilis tonight

[mahi-wayy]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐃𝐨...!!

pt7 Ben aka Soldier Boy x Millie aka @soldiersgirl

Ben and Mille is what would happen if fire met kerosene in person.

So of course it was Butcher's idea to let the "nutcase" meet the "ancient goods" - this words not mine - Hughie still remembered the utter horror it felt when he noticed almost the identical sparks of interest and mischief in both of their eyes.

They started as banter - very sexual and gross banter - which left a lot of people traumatized. No regard for anything else.

"You, princess, need to shut the fuck up."

"Can't big boy, got a mouth, I'm gonna use it."

"Well you keep it running like that, I might just use it too."

"Please do."

Like mentioned banter that always ended up in some kind of flirting exchange. It drove everyone insane so no one minded leaving them behind to wait - with words being exchange maybe fuck too - to look for next member of payback.

"What is your issue?" Ben asked nonchalantly drinking his beer, eyes glued to the girl who laid on the motel bed, few inches from him her feet resting against the headboard and right beside his head.

God that woman had thighs on her.

"Ohhh. Trauma bonding are we?" She said kicking her feet and he grunted.

"It all started when my mom decided to marry this dude-"

Ain't that the start of a familiar tune.

"Should've known daddy issues with hard you want to fuck me." He said, looking amused when she seals her mouth.

"And yet you haven't made a move. Didn't know being asleep for so long made you..."

He growled in warning. She grinned with challenge.

"...Incompetent."

He pounced. She shrieked. The beer bottle broke.

"You're poking the wrong beast babygirl."

"That's what you think old man."

He raised a brown, his hair falling in his face. She tilted her head running her tongue on her bottom lip. Ben was so distracted by that she was able flip them - sitting down on the bludge growing in his sweats - making him groan.

"Fuck...you.. " He grunted as she rolled her hips. Damn brat.

"Do it yourself...coward."

That was apparently the right thing to say because he easily pushed himself, hand coming to grab - and squeeze - her ass in the pretty skirt.

Their mouths slammed together all hot and messy just as they were, for next more than couple of hours.

Needless of say, Hughie is never entering any room with either of them inside without knocking.

a/n : who next?? bree? @titsout4jackles

[mcybree]

its so awkward scott posting now that me and the beasters are buddies. are you all rocking with my insufferable fh main swag

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

BFCD Masterlist: Black Female Book Characters

Followers of BFCD may know that I don't read very many books that are not about Black women or Black girls and most of them are written by Black women, and sometimes Black men, others quite infrequently. In Black books, there are generally multiple Black characters, as we aren't generally tokens in our own communities and stories.

But, the list also includes some characters of nonblack books, whether or not I have read them, and those are usually tokenized characters. For the ones that are not, I have decided to place the main character as the alphabetized character and other characters that are represented in those books on this blog will be in the same section of the main character's name.

For example, all Legacy of Orisha Characters with BFCD links will be listed under Zélie Adebola's name on this masterlist.

Agatha of Woods Beyond: The School for Good and Evil, Professor Dovey (Not Black in the books, but because of the movie, much of the fanart now is)

Akasha: The Vampire Chronicles (The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned) Merrick Mayfair

Alice Kingston: The Nightmare Verse (A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, A Crown So Cursed)

Amari Peters: Supernatural Investigations (Amari and the Night Brothers, Amari and the Great Game, Amari and the Despicable Wonders)

Amarie "Amma" Treadeau: Beautiful Creatures *I did not read this, but Viola Davis was the character in the movie and I have never known anybody but a Black femme/woman to be an Amarie, so she staying on the book list, as well.

Angelina Weasley: (Harry Potter Series) Now... This is a difficult subject. I was one of the Potterhead from my college years into after my brain fully developed. I did see all the movies in theaters and the last thing I enjoyed was The Cursed Child on Broadway. ONLY TIME I have ever seen something on Broadway... i think the last thing I saw was the first of the Fantastic Beasts movies, and shortly after that, I think was when I first found out about the TERF. For the most part, I hardly feature Potterverse things here, as it makes me upset to see the universe continuing. BUT, this page with book characters felt like I should go head and include it for this particular list. Hermione Granger, Rose Granger Weasley, Lavender Brown, Roxanne Weasely, Lally Hicks

Anne Elliot: Jane Austen... Idk Jane Austen books. I think I tried to read one or two and promptly realized they weren't for me, so if this section is messed up, I think you'll pull through. The characters probably weren't even canonically Black, so idk what to tell you. Sometimes I see aesthetics and reblog them.

Ardelia Mapp: Silence of the Lambs

Arrah N'yar: Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, Reaper of Souls, Master of Souls) Efiya, Essnai

Autumn Knight: Pinned

Beloved: (Beloved) Sethe, Denver

Binti Ekeopara Zuzu Dambu Kaipka of Namib: Binti Trilogy (Binti, Binti: Home, Binti: The Night Masquerade)

Bree Matthews: The Legendborn Cycle

Briseis Greene: This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, This Wicked Fate)

The Brown Sisters: (Talia Hibbert..So, I haven't read any of these either, though I do run into aesthetics from time to time. From my perceptions, they seem to be swirler romance fiction of some sort. Not necessarily my genre, but including them because they do wind up on the page at times.) Dani Brown, Eve Brown

Camellia Beauregard: The Belles

Carmel Schneider: Nine Perfect Strangers. Idk if she's in the book because I only watched the series and I didn't care enough for the series to go read the book, but here she is, if she is in there.

Celie: The Color Purple Shug Avery, Sophia, Squeak. The Color Purple has various adaptations and interpretations. Originally a book, it belongs on the book list, however, most Tumblr content for the work come from the movies and the play.

Christina: Divergent Series

Coco Monvoisin: Serpent & Dove

Cresseida: A Court of Thorns and Roses

Daja Kisubo Circle of Magic (Daja's Book)

Eadaz du Zāla uq-Nāra: The Priory of the Orange Tree

Farah Hauville: Wayhaven Chronicles

God: The Shack

Greta Goblin: The Tea Dragon Society

Hazel Levesque: Heroes of Olympus

Jordan Hennessy: The Dreamer Trilogy (Call Down the Hawk, Mister Impossible, Greywaren) Hennessy, Jordan, June, Madox, Farrah, Alba, Brooklyn, Jay, Octavia, Trinity

Jam: Pet

Jane McKeene: (Dread Nation, Deathless Divide) Katherine Deveraux, Big Sue, Lily Keats, Ida, Callie, Auntie Aggie, Jane Mama

Juniper Andromeda: Crescent City

Imabelle:

Karina: (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin) Bahia Alahari

Keisha Taylor: Alice Isn't Dead

Lady Death: The Hanged Man

Lady Fire: Graceling

Lucy Pevensie: The Chronicles of Narnia

Maia Roberts: The Mortal Instruments, The Shadowhunters Chronicles

Meg Murray: A Wrinkle in Time (One day, I absolutely will separate books & movies)

Melanie: The Girl with All the Gifts

Merrick Mayfair: The Vampire Chronicles, The Mayfair Witches, Merrick

Missandei: Game of Thrones (There are multiple books. I am not a reader of them) Nettles, Daenerys Targaryen, Laena Velaryon, Baela Targaryen, Rhaena Targaryen

Nasuada: Eragon

Natasha Kingsley (The Sun is Also a Star)

Nehemia Ytger: Throne of Glass (There are multiple books. I am not a reader of them)

Onyesonwu Ubaid-Ogundimu: Who Fears Death

Rae Sloane: (Star Wars) Korr Sella, Ciena Ree

Red Riding Hood:

Rue: The Hunger Games

Rue Jelani Akintola: Wings of Ebony

Serwa Boateng: Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting

Sierra Santiago: The Shadowshaper Cypher (Shadowshaper, Shadowhouse Fall, Shadowshaper Legacy) Trejean "Tee," Izzy

Simidele: Of Mermaids and Orisa (Skin of the Sea, Soul of the Deep)

Simmaa Aldajah: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats & Piracy

Sophia Grimmins: (Cinderella is Dead) Constance, Cinderella (Until further notice, the all Cinderellas tag will be used for the CID Cinderella tag. Hopefully, I can attach a specific CID Cinderella in the future), Erin, Liv, Amina

Starr Carter: The Hate U Give

Sula Mae Peace: Sula

Sunny Nwazue: The Nsibidi Scripts (Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Akata Woman) ChiChi

Syenite: The Broken Earth Series (The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky), Damaya, Essun

Tarisai Idajo: Raybearer, Redemptor

Thea Muldani: All For the Game (There are multiple books. I am not a reader of them) Dan Wilds

Vida Bautista/Conner: The Darkest Minds

Voya Thomas: (Blood Like Magic, Blood Like Fate) Keis, Alex, Keisha, Aqua

Wendy Darling: Peter Pan, Darling

Winter Hayle Blackburn: The Lunar Chronicles (There are multiple books. I am not a reader of them) Iko

Zélie Adebola: Legacy of Orisha (Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Children of Anguish and Anarchy) Amari Olúborí

Children's Books Tag

Fairy Tales

[brian-in-finance]

Inside Unfinished Business • Part 1

🧵Outlander_Starz: Outlander is back and so is "Inside Outlander," your scoop on the behind-the-scenes magic that brings this magical series to life! ✨ Let's dive into the emotional premiere, "Unfinished Business," shall we?"

Returning to Lallybroch and the location of Midhope Castle where Outlander films wasn't just magical for the fans but for the cast as well. Sam Heughan says this was his favourite location from this second half of the season.

Going back to Lallybroch was a really big moment, for Jamie but also for Outlander. It's where we started. I have a lot of memories working there. One of my first days shooting in Season 1 was at Midhope at Lallybroch... so it was quite a special moment.

Actually, I'd never been in the actual castle because it's derelict. We were using the doorway. So, I actually got to go in this time and have a look inside, which was very special. — SAM HEUGHAN, JAMIE FRASER

🧵Outlander_Starz: Showrunner and Executive Producer Matthew B. Roberts said, "Bringing one of our main characters back into the show... Scotland... she's such a beauty.

You miss her when you're not there. I love when we can play Scotland for Scotland at any point. And that iconic driveway going up to Lallybroch, it always makes your heart beat a little faster."

🧵Outlander_Starz: Set Decorator Stuart Bryce, who has been on Outlander since the beginning, was nostalgic at recreating this set across decades: "New touches, like Mike Gunn's murals, were a great addition, but essentially we didn't have to change too much. We kept it as true as we could to the original Lallybroch.

The tapestries in the dining room had been in storage, and there were a few pieces missing, so finding the original plans and having to recreate them was a challenge."

🧵Outlander_Starz: For Production Designer Mike Gunn, now that we're seeing Lallybroch in 1739 as well as the 1770s and 1980s, it was important to instantly recognize Roger was in a different time. He came up with the idea that behind the incredible tapestries from Season 1, there were murals created in the time of Brian Fraser, hidden after Culloden, then discovered by Bree and Roger in the 80s.

Read more about how Mike used these murals to plant Easter Eggs about Jamie and the story of Outlander itself!

I developed this backstory that the murals depicted the Jacobite rising and fight for Scottish independence. By the time the 1770s came and the Jacobites had lost Culloden, that's when the tapestries were hidden... In the 1980s, the tapestries were taken off. That was the starting point.

Then I decided to weave in the story of Outlander...

The unicorn, which I decided to depict in all of the four images, was Jamie. And of course, Claire is going to come into that journey. The central mural above the fireplace with the unicorn and horse, that's the two of them in love. But the unicorn is depicted as having his struggles throughout. He's depicted fighting a mythical beast that you could say is Black Jack. — MIKE GUNN, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

🧵Outlander_Starz: Fans will be delighted to see Jamie and Claire staying in the Laird's bedroom again with the iconic blue wallpaper. Set Decorator Stuart Bryce says of this room: "There is something about that blue that makes people's skin look amazing and enhanced those early romantic scenes of Jamie and Claire.

When we came to put the room back together, though it was exactly the way it should have been, by some mystery, the room was bigger...something spooky happened there!"

Inside Unfinished Business • 1 of 2

Threads 🧵

Remember… you miss her when you're not there. I love when we can play Scotland for Scotland at any point. And that iconic driveway going up to Lallybroch, it always makes your heart beat a little faster. — Matthew B Roberts

[sassenach77yle]

||COUNTDOWN || SEASON 5 EPISODE 09  ||MONSTERS AND HEROES||

#83daysofoutlander☆

He walked lightly, but his feet crunched on the needles. Fraser didn’t twitch. His eyes were closed. The blotchiness had spread to his face. Roger thought his features had a thick, congested look, lips and eyelids slightly swollen. In the wavering light, it was impossible to tell whether he was still breathing. Roger knelt and shook him, hard. “Hey! Are ye still alive?” He’d meant to say it jokingly, but the fear in his voice was apparent to his own ears. Fraser didn’t move. Then one eye cracked open. “Aye,” he muttered. “But I’m no enjoying it.” Roger didn’t leave again. He wiped Jamie’s face with a wet cloth, offered more whisky—which was refused—then sat beside the recumbent form, listening for each rasping breath. Much against his will, he found himself making plans, proceeding from one unwelcome assumption to the next. What if the worst happened? Against his will, he thought it possible; he had seen several people die who didn’t look nearly as bad as Fraser did just now. If the worst should happen, and the others not have returned, he would have to bury Jamie. He could neither carry the body nor leave it exposed; not with panthers or other animals nearby. His eye roamed uneasily over the surroundings. Rocks, trees, brush—everything looked alien, the shapes half-masked by darkness, outlines seeming to waver and change in the flickering glow, the wind moaning past like a prowling beast. There, maybe; the end of a half-fallen tree loomed jagged in the darkness, leaning at an angle. He could scrape a shallow trench, perhaps, then lever the tree and let it fall to cover the temporary grave . . . He pressed his head hard against his knees. “No!” he whispered. “Please, no!” The thought of telling Bree, telling Claire, was a physical pain, stabbing him in chest and throat. It wasn’t only them, either—what about Jem? What about Fergus and Marsali, Lizzie and her father, the Bugs, the Lindsays, the other families on the Ridge? They all looked to Fraser for confidence and direction; what would they do without him? Fraser shifted, and groaned with the movement. Roger laid a hand on his shoulder, and he stilled. Don’t go, he thought, the unspoken words balled tight in his throat. Stay with us. Stay with me. He sat for a long time, his hand resting on Fraser’s shoulder. He had the absurd thought that he was somehow holding Fraser, keeping him anchored to the earth. If he held on ’til the sunrise, all would be well; if he lifted his hand, that would be the end. The fire was burning low now, but he put off from moment to moment the necessity of tending it, unwilling to let go.

“MacKenzie?” It was no more than a murmur, but he bent at once. “Aye, I’m here. Ye want water? A drop of whisky?” He was reaching for the cup even as he spoke, spilling water in his anxiety. Fraser took two swallows, then waved the cup away with a twitch of his hand. “I dinna ken yet if ye’re right or you’re wrong,” Fraser said. His voice was soft and hoarse, but distinct. “But if you’re wrong, wee Roger, and I’m dying, there are things I must say to ye. I dinna want to leave it too late.” “I’m here,” Roger repeated, not knowing what else to say. Fraser closed his eyes, gathering strength, then brought his hands beneath him and rolled halfway over, ponderous and clumsy. He grimaced, and took a moment to catch his breath. “Bonnet. I must tell ye what I’ve put in train.” “Aye?” For the first time, Roger felt something other than simple worry for Fraser’s welfare. “There is a man named Lyon—Duncan Innes will ken best how to find him. He works on the coast, buying from the smugglers who run the Outer Banks. He sought me out at the wedding, to see would I deal with him, over the whisky.” The plan in outline was simple enough; Jamie meant to send word—by what route, Roger had no notion—to this Lyon, indicating that he was willing to enter into business, provided that Lyon would bring Stephen Bonnet to a meeting, to prove that he had a man of the necessary reputation and skill to manage the transport up and down the coast. “Necessary reputation,” Roger echoed under his breath. “Aye, he’s got that.” Fraser made a sound that might have been a laugh. “He’ll not agree that easily—he’ll bargain and set terms—but he’ll agree. Tell him ye’ve got enough whisky to make it worth his while—give him a barrel of the two-year-old to try, if ye must. When he sees what folk will pay for it, he’ll be eager enough. The place—” He stopped, frowning, and breathed for a moment before going on. “I’d thought to make it Wylie’s Landing—but if it’s you, ye should choose a place to your liking. Take the Lindsays with ye to guard your back, if they’ll go. If not, find someone else; dinna go alone. And go ready to kill him at the first shot.” Roger nodded, swallowing heavily. Jamie’s eyelids were swollen, but he looked up under them, his eyes glinting sharp in the firelight. “Dinna let him get close enough to take ye with a sword,” he said. “Ye’ve done well—but ye’re not good enough to meet a man like Bonnet.” “And you are?” Roger couldn’t stop himself from saying. He thought Fraser was smiling, but it was difficult to tell.

Oh, aye,” he said softly. “If I live.” He coughed then, and lifted a hand, dismissing Bonnet for the moment. “For the rest . . . watch Sinclair. He’s a man to be used—he kens everything that passes in the district—but no a man to turn your back on, ever.” He paused, brow furrowed in thought. “Ye can trust Duncan Innes and Farquard Campbell,” he said. “And Fergus—Fergus will help ye, if he can. For the rest—” He shifted again and winced. “Go wary of Obadiah Henderson; he’ll try ye. A-many of them will, and ye let them—but dinna let Henderson. Take him at the first chance—ye willna get another.” Slowly, with frequent pauses to rest, he went down the list of the names of the men on the Ridge, the inhabitants of Cross Creek, the prominent men of the Cape Fear valley. Characters, leanings, secrets, obligations. Roger fought down panic, struggling to listen carefully, commit it all to memory, wanting to reassure Fraser, tell him to stop, to rest, that none of this was necessary—at the same time knowing it was more than necessary. There was war coming; it didn’t take a time traveler to know it. If the welfare of the Ridge—of Brianna and Jemmy, of Claire—were to be left in Roger’s inexperienced hands, he must take heed of every scrap of information that Fraser could give him. Fraser’s voice trailed off in hoarseness. Had he lost consciousness? The shoulder under Roger’s hand was slack, inert. He sat quietly, not daring to move. It wouldn’t be enough, he thought, and a dull fear settled in the pit of his stomach, an aching dread that underlay the sharper pangs of grief. He couldn’t do it. Christ, he couldn’t even shoot a thing the size of a house! And now he was meant to step into Jamie Fraser’s shoes? Keep order with fists and brain, feed a family with gun and knife, tread the tightrope of politics over a lighted powderkeg, tenants and family all balanced on his shoulders? Replace the man they called Himself? Not fucking likely, he thought bleakly. Fraser’s hand twitched suddenly. The fingers were swollen like sausages, the skin stretched red and shiny. Roger laid his free hand over it, and felt the fingers move, trying to curl around his own.

“Tell Brianna I’m glad of her,” Fraser whispered. “Give my sword to the bairn.”

Roger nodded, unable to speak. Then, realizing that Fraser couldn’t see him, cleared his throat. “Aye,” he said gruffly. “I’ll tell her.” He waited, but Fraser said no more. The fire had burned very low, but the hand in his burned hot as embers. A gust of wind knifed past, whipping strands of his hair against his cheek, sending up a spray of sudden sparks from the fire.

He waited as long as he thought he dared, the cold night creeping past in lonely minutes. Then leaned close, so Fraser could hear him.

“Claire?” he asked quietly. “Is there anything ye’d have me tell her?” He thought he’d waited too long; Fraser lay motionless for several minutes. Then the big hand stirred, half-closing swollen fingers; the ghost of a motion, grasping after time that slipped away.

“Tell her . . . I meant it.”

90 DANGER IN THE GRASS ~the fiery cross

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- With His Kiss -

Hi everyone! Wow this is so so different than anything I have ever done but I am loving working on this so far 🥹 hope you all love Cal and Mais and much as I do. I’m sorry this isn’t longer, I couldn’t fit any more pictures in 🫣 also, this series is majorly inspired by @stylespresleyhearted many social media series Bree is amazing pls go check her out <<<<3333 also idk what I’m naming this series yet oops 👀

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dailymail It has been announced that Fantastic beast costars will reunite for a third time on screen for Rom-Com “With His Kiss” set to begin filming in London this November.

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maisiekennedy posting these to celebrate wrapping of TBITB…and in celebration of the announcement I am back on screen again with my work husband 🫶 loved this crew and job too much 🩵

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MaisieKenupdates this photo from George Clooney shows that they had cake at the wrap party for Maisie’s birthday 🥹

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