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    They were friends.

    And yeah, maybe the ring on his finger sort of burned when he looked at her sometimes, even though it was just for show, now.

    It was just easier to let her keep thinking he was still married to Abby. Safer.

    It raised less eyebrows about the nature of their friendship when the ring stayed on while he was at work, the weight on his finger reminding him not to say or do anything stupid.

    It also made it a little less creepy when the pet names started slipping out.

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    09 Feb 2026

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    This was not the face of a bad morning. 

    Something, or someone, had completely smothered Mel's spark.

    All of Frank’s priorities reshuffled in an instant. Everyone in this hospital was an idiot if they didn't realize how great of a doctor she was, and how vital it was to keep her from burning out. 

    Frank attempted a smile. He waved, bracelet rustling on his wrist, feet glued to his spot across the room. 

    Mel removed a hand from her pocket to wave back at him, cocking her head to the side and squinting, as if he was a mirage in the desert.

    No broad smile, and certainly not an ecstatic “You're here!” like last time, something he'd secretly craved. But it was something. Acknowledgement that she didn't hate him, at least.

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    09 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 59

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    Seven years ago, Susan and her siblings were sent away from a war to the safety of the country side only to be thrust into another war. As the years wear on, their soldiers return from battle fewer and fewer in number, and the graves multiply overnight.

    Running out of options and manpower, their last chance is proposing an alliance with the King of Telmar, a kingdom seemly just barely allied with the Witch and itching to get out from under her power.

    Susan walks into the meeting with the King with Edmund at her side and little hope left in her heart, and leaves with an alliance that could turn the tide of the war - and a husband.

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    26 Dec 2025

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    It’s the eve of her wedding, and Elizabeth can’t stop looking at a dead leaf…

    What if Victor's aim had gone astray by a few inches? What if the Elizabeth who lay in the Creature's arms as he carried her out of the mansion was not dying but only injured?

    Far from polite Victorian society, alone with the Creature who refuses to let her die, Elizabeth must grapple with a forbidden desire that somehow feels like both sin and salvation.

    And something inside her, long kept in darkness, finally starts to bloom.

    (Or: Elizabeth meets the Creature again, and what we all want happens.)

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    09 Dec 2025

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    Elizabeth lives, the Creature receives a name, and they do more than endure together.

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    25 Nov 2025