“I will. At some point. What's that sound?”
He could hear it even in the slave baths, muffled but audible, the sound ringing out from the highest peak, a peal of notes, proclaiming a new King.
“Bells,” said Damen.
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In the moment
Sleep broke as suddenly and sharply as fine glass: there was a blade at Damen’s throat, its cold point pressed into his thundering pulse.
“I longed for this,” Laurent whispered.
Damen watched his lips form the words, from under the warmth of Laurent’s body, and felt the truth of it.
Again inspired by the prompt from @skeptiquex sharing Hanif Abdurraquib’s wonderful poem ‘it is once again the summer of our discontent’ ❤️ thank you for the prompt darling!
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this may be in the top 3 scenes of capri for me
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Laurent, Prince of Vere 🤍
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"This one pleaded for you."
A scene from Captive Prince by @c.s.pacat that wouldn't leave my mind since I read it over a year ago.
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love at first sight, if Auguste did live.
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"Even before Laurent had hit the ground, the man had drawn his sword.
Damen was too far away. He was too far to get between the man and Laurent, he knew that, even as he drew his sword—even as he wheeled his horse, felt the powerful bunch of the animal beneath him. There was only one thing he could do."
-Prince's Gambit by C.S.Pacat
and a continuation of the same scene with more spoilers:
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“Above them, the sun was high and bright, and encouraged a retreat to the shade line. The boughs of the trees around them were heavy with scent.”
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