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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    “I think,” Tom says, slow, drawing out the words like warm honey, “you’ve been working too hard. Running after Frank all bloody day, fixing her messes, then heading home just to find someone else to look after… Now, you’re a sweet lass, Tiff. Course you are. But y’been running yourself ragged, ‘aven’t you?” She taps her thumb thoughtfully right on the curve of her lip; her eyes glimmer. “Might do good, lettin’ someone else do the looking after for once.”

    “And you’re offering?”

    Tom grins, lopsided and handsome as anything. “Yeah. I’m offering.”

    Tee Jopson's finally agreed to take some time off up at the Rosses' lake house. After a difficult year, a long day, and an uncomfortable dinner, she unwinds under the stars with a dear friend...

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    24 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 35

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    "Well," James says dryly. "I can see my presence was quite urgently required."

    Francis bares his teeth in a grin that hangs on his face like an empty coat. "I hope," he says, finding his tongue an awkward thing to maneuver, "that you did not trouble to stir yourself from Erebus solely to drink my brandy."

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    22 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    When Edward Little collapses with a suspicious fever, Thomas Jopson sees to it that Terror’s First Lieutenant is taken care of.

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    21 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 32

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    Francis makes a late-night confession. James doesn't quite infer what he's implying.

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    17 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    Fem Jopson and Gibson as nurses and Des Voeux as a med student who should probably never be trusted with another person's life.

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    14 Feb 2026