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  1. Public Bookmark 18

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    Hawk wants to ask Tim to marry him.
    He's worried Tim might say no.
    Lucy thinks Hawk is an idiot.
    So does Tim.

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    08 Jul 2025

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    Finally, they arrive at the homily. Benítez is much briefer than his predecessor. And yet, his speech feels fuller, somehow. He pins them all under the darkness of his gaze. When his eyes land on Aldo, he feels as if Benítez has stripped him bare, that he can see the horrible, green monster that writhes beneath his breast. He speaks of love and light, a desire to move them forward into the future while paying homage to the past. Aldo feels trapped in that damned vote, watching the world crumble under his feet.

    The morning after Vincent Benítez is elected Pope Innocent XIV, Aldo Bellini attends morning mass. He tries to grapple with the scale of everything he's lost to Benítez: his role as Secretary of State, the Papacy, and Thomas Lawrence.

    Or, the one where Aldo is still sore about the conclave, and he has to navigate his new place in the Curia while trying to sort out his feelings for Thomas and Vincent. And Tedesco is there too, just to aggravate him.

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    24 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 80

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    "This is your fault," Till mutters, testing the rope binding his wrists. It does not give, the same as the last dozen times he tried, but persistence is key. He can't give up or dying in a kennel with Ivan becomes a frighteningly real possibility, and Till can't have that. Sharing coffin space with Ivan. Touching bones with Ivan. Gross. "If it weren't for your stupid guardian pissing them off, we wouldn't be here. I haven't seen Mizi in five days. Five."

    "Do you miss the sweet, sugar scent of her hair?"

    "What is wrong with you? Mizi's hair smells like summerfruit."

    "Wow," Ivan says, genuinely impressed. "What a creepy statement."

    Ivan and Till get petnapped and held for ransom.

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    23 Feb 2025

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    Harry was supposed to be good at this.

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    20 Feb 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 39

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    On days like this, wherein Till fails to disengage the wheel of thoughts which plague him, he can’t help wondering why Ivan helped him escape, what Ivan is supposed to mean to him, and what their goals are. Do they have any? Are they supposed to wander from slum to slum forever, dodging the guards until they can't run anymore? Is he supposed to cover the brand on his neck with a spiked collar until the day he dies?

    Is freedom supposed to feel like an endless slog of days without end? No gods swooping in to save them nor annihilate them like lambs sent to slaughter?

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    04 Jan 2025