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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Sören watched as Kemala became aware of the warmth coursing through the shawl he’d gifted her. Watched as it slid down her skin to the crook of her arm. Her eyes lidded shut, lulled into a perfect ser... |
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| There was nothing he could say to remedy the insult she saw in him, which made him reluctant to say anything at all. Sören had the knowledge he wanted. Kemala’s offence at his method ought to be easil... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Sören paused to consider whether the heat in her accusation was justified. He had been using Kemala. Of course he had. But the word bait curled his lips downward and stiffened the muscles locking his ... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Of course she argued.
Another rune assault unleashed, but he could only harry the creature’s advance for so long. “Jävla helvete, it’s not attacking me though is it!”
There was no fault in Kemal... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Kemala’s fingers replaced his own. The water through the hole was frigid, zipping a chill up his arms.
“No,” he snapped to her question of what it was. Irritated. Had the woman listened to nothing... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| His skin rippled with discomfort, and not from the cool winds across the lake. Something in Sören’s attention sharpened, but not to Kemala’s words. He abandoned his search through the bag in favour of... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| She said nothing.
Sören was surprised she possessed the capability, and disappointed that whatever magical lure had seemed fused to her aura last night might only prove to be a veneer. He watched ... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Kemala seemed content with the boat’s captaincy, and Sören was content to elsewise pay their direction no mind. Silence would have been a fine companion to the cool winds cutting slices through his ha... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Sören made a gruff note of amusement, but thought it wiser not to answer the trap of a question. He saw no reason to mistrust her judgement on either score: such expertise had been the main reason for... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Sören glanced down at her like the answer mystified him. If she felt the cold so keenly, why was she so poorly dressed for the climate? She sounded genuinely annoyed too, like the perfectly ordinary w... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| He glanced down at her as she fell into step, the first words out of her mouth those of a grumpy combatant.
“Did you sleep well, Kemala?” he asked mildly, either unperturbed or simply uncaring of h... |
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| He woke drenched in sweat, heart pounding. The dream’s remnant clung to him like a cold second-skin, as terrifying as the nightmares he hadn’t had in earnest since the seer read his fortune as a boy. ... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| He catalogued the brief smile as a victory. Not one he had intended to win, and he was uncertain of its value, but winning was winning and Sören would hoard every prize. Especially when the opponent w... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Kemala did not exactly answer the question, though he hadn’t expected her to do so. Roles reversed he doubted he’d have answered it either, at least not with full disclosure. She said enough in what s... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| She repurposed his own wording in a way that affected some amusement, or maybe just appreciation for the weaving parallels she made of their stories. Sören was not chastened by her sharp retort; rathe... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| Sören reclaimed his own seat, and placed his tea on the table in front of him. His arm rested there alongside, fingers flexing and curling in contemplation of her words, while the rest of him lounged ... |
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Thread: The Little Jewel
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| The lake was vast, and its answers barred from him. He wandered its shore to no real purpose, much as he had once haunted the edges of Roopkund during the journey there with Declan. Sometimes dreams t... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| She acquiesced quickly enough to the bargain. Sören had not been sure of that, wondering if she might instead bristle at the dangling of bait only for the lure to pull away and demand a sacrifice in t... |
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Thread: A Quiet Crossroads (Lake Baikal, Siberia)
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| His fingers curved around the rim of the upheld cup, though he met the directness of her gaze and held it before he plucked it free from her grasp. “A good king,” he said, “knows he must be both.”
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| Sören had a fondness for words, and if he assumed an insult in the smoothness of her voice, he at least appreciated its grandiose wrappings. “I take but a blink, and lo, the chair becomes a throne,” h... |
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