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Friends,' said Laurent, 'Is that what we are?'
[ ... ]
Damen said, with helpless honesty, 'Laurent, I am your slave.

Charcy is claimed for Akielos.' As he rose, Damen wrapped his hand around its wooden pole and planted it in the earth. The

Contrary, aren't you,' said Damen softly, thumbing over Laurent's cheek.
'Fuck me,' said Laurent.
'I want to,' said Damen. 'Can you let me?

You see a panther opening its jaws, you don't get your dick out.

By that time, Damen had received the tally of the dead: twelve hundred of us, six and a half thousand of them. He

Keep your mouth off my brother.

After a long moment, Laurent said, I'm going to need some help standing up.

It was like watching a man smile as he surrendered himself to drown in deep water.

Auguste had fought with honour. He had
been the one honourable man on a
treacherous field.

Once in his life - Laurent got only two words out before the man simply did what most people wanted to do when speaking with Laurent: he hit him.

You put Govart,' said Damen, 'in a cell with Laurent?' 'Yes.' Guion spread his hands.

The two walked off together, leaving Damen with Aimeric.
'He hates you,' said Aimeric, cheerfully.

That's right, I'm still captured,' said Damen.
'Your eyes say, "For now,"' Laurent said. 'Your eyes have always said, "For now.

It was like being pleased by a thorn blush, feeling fond of every prickle.

Damen thought that if Laurent was holding his hand, he must be dying.

The ache of loss didn't make sense, because Laurent had never been his.

It was like being pleased y a thorn bush, feeling fond of every prickle. Another second and he was going to say something ridiculous like that.

Laurent could inspire homicidal tendencies simply by breathing.

I don't have sleeves to carry handkerchiefs in,' said Damen. 'I wouldn't mind being given a knife.' 'Or a fork?' said Laurent.

That was their Prince for you, a twisty, vicious fiend who you should never, ever cross, unless you wanted your gullet handed to you on a platter

A golden prince was easy to love if you did not have to watch him picking wings off flies.

But after a moment Laurent turned his eyes elsewhere, and then closed them, and they both made their way to sleep.

Laurent said, 'I didn't think anyone was good enough to get past your guard.' 'One person,' said Damen.

Laurent said, 'I have recently learned that sometimes it is better to simply smash a hold in the wall.

I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,

I know who you are, Damianos,' said Laurent.

Is there anyone at this court who isn't my enemy?"
"Not if I can help it," Laurent said.

The dogsman said, 'Tread lightly. Your master's in a vicious mood.' Well, that was order restored.

To gain everything and lose everything in the space of a moment. That is the fate of all princes destined for the throne.

It was an impressive fight.'
'Yes, I know,' said Laurent.
He didn't smile when he said things like that.

Damen felt it then, the first dizzy edge of new emotion, and he let go his hold of Laurent like a man fearing a precipice; and yet was helpless.

We could try some other arrangement."
"You're right: it should be me in front
and you carrying the horse.

It was so close to his own thoughts - that everything he knew was gone, but that this was here, in its place, this one bright thing.

What makes you think Kastor is the weaker man? you don't know him.' 'But I'm coming to know you,' said Laurent.

Damen now knew the precise number of arrows Laurent needed to have trained on him in order to shut him up. It was six.

Damen was smiling helplessly. 'that was adequate.' 'You've been waiting to say that.' The words were only a little blurred.

If you were a pet, I would have gifted you enough by now to buy out your contract, many times over."
"I'd still be here," said Damen, "with you.

Laurent asked, 'Is it different than with a man?' 'Yes,' said Damen. It was different with everyone. He didn't say this aloud;

If it hurt it was fitting. It was simply kingship.

That's right. He is Charls. I am Charls. We are cousins,' said Charls, gamely, 'named after our grandfather. Charls.

Order whatever punishment you like, from the coward's distance of a chain-lenght. You and Govart are two of a kind.

Laurent's fair skin and blue eyes were a combination that was rare in Patras, rarer in Akielos, and a particular weakness of Damen's.

You wrestled him without any clothes on.'
'That is sports,

Laurent said, 'If Jord wants to get down on his knees for Aimeric, he should know exactly who he's crawling for.' *

Time unslid the knot of any last ribbon of tension.

Not everyone could have the blissful equanimity of Lamen, who seemed to pay the Prince no deference of rank, a piece of very good acting. Charls

After a long moment Laurent said, with painful honesty, "I ... find it difficult to let go of control."
"No kidding," said Damen.

Damen to Jord about Laurent: 'He needs me,' said Damen. 'I don't care if you tell the world.

Laurent was a nest of scorpions in the body of one person.

He loved the way that Laurent kissed, as if Damen was the only person that he had ever kissed, or would ever want to. The

Laurent said, 'Hello, lover.' It

Together we can do what we cannot do apart.

Laurent entered, an edge to his grace, like a leopard with a headache.

Damen knew that he had to lie. It was beyond dangerous to talk about this with Laurent.

No, I don't care. Tomorrow you leave. But you're mine now. You're still my slave tonight.

Laurent said, 'No. I'm not here to - ' He said, 'I'm just here.

There was a warmth in his chest whenever he looked at Laurent. He didn't look often for that reason.

It was like watching a boar try to take on the endless blue of the sky.

I don't know how this interrogation found its way into my bed. May I ask where I can expect it to travel next?

Damen's understanding of Laurent rearranged itself, in order that he might despise him more accurately.

It was the earring. Laurent was always so austere. The earring reframed him. It gave the appearance of a sensual side, sophisticated and subtle.

We should - ' 'And we will.' Laurent turned to him, sliding fingers into his hair. 'But first, we have the morning.' *

The delicate thing that had grown between them had never had a right to exist.

Tell the guards to sleep with their legs closed.
And Aimerick.

You really do have ice in your veins,
don't you, said Damen.

To keep. I wouldn't wear it.' said Laurent, 'though I don't believe your imagination is having any difficulty with the idea.

It's me,' said Damen. 'It's me, here with you. Say my name.' 'Damianos.' He

Laurent had stopped dead the moment he had seen Damen, his face turning white as though in reaction to a slap, or an insult.

I miss you," said Laurent. "I miss our conversations.

Men find themselves in the places they put themselves

You have Charcy. I have Fortaine. He stared at the words, written in familiar, unmistakable handwriting. I'll receive you at my fort. *

A ludicrous boyish hope flared that someone would come to help him, and, carefully, he extinguished it.

Nephew. you were not invited to these discussions.'
'And yet, here I am. It's very irritating, isn't it?' Said Laurent.

Stop enjoying yourself," Damen murmured. "We're going to be killed, any minute."
"Giant animal," said Laurent.
"Stop it.

Damianos," Touars said. "Princekiller."
It was the last thing he said. Damen
pulled the sword out. He took a step
back.

This is close quarters.'
'Close enough to see your eyelashes,' said Damen.

You were right about Kastor,' Damen said.
It was all he said.

Laurent said, 'Hello, lover.

There is little sense in pitting a lesser sense of duty against a greater one. No leader could expect loyalty to hold under those circumstances.

I think if I gave you my heart, you would treat it tenderly.

Order me to stay, he wanted to say, and couldn't.

Don't, said Laurent, toy with me. I - have not the means to defend against this.

Why? Do you want to spar? We can
keep it friendly," Damen said.
"No," said Laurent.

All bad things were done in the dark.

He didn't care who Laurent took to bed. He

You remind me of him. He was the best man I have ever known.

To take off the collar required a blacksmith. He

There was no immediate disaster.

If someone kills your family you don't rest until they are dead.

Lamen though of modest origins was a thoughtful young man who spoke Veretian very well, even if his knowledge of cloth was lacking. 'I

It took me until I was nine to realise he was letting me win. I just thought I had a very fast pony.

Because a king maker would always choose the weaker man. The weaker the man, the easier he is to control.' Damen

You're so loyal to him. Why is that?"
"I'm not a turncoat Akielon dog," said
Aimeric.

A kingdom, or this

You cut his head off. It makes it a little difficult for him to suck your cock.

Having made the decision to let Damen in, Laurent had not gone back on it. When the walls went up, it was with Damen inside them. But

Stay back, old man. It isn't your business. This is the Prince of Vere.'
'But
I only paid three coppers for him,' said Volo, sounding confused.

Then Laurent turned and saw him, and
the pressure in his chest grew like pain
as Laurent greeted him, half stripped and
bright-eyed.