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Jean’s hands hit the cold floor, supporting himself as his body heaved once, twice. His ribs burned like they were being stabbed, his broken nose throbbed in time with his frantic heartbeat, his legs screamed at him with every tiny movement.
None of it mattered.
Nothing mattered.
Only one thing mattered.
Nathaniel Wesninski was alone in the Nest.
Nathaniel Wesninski was alone with Riko.
Jean Moreau — weak, broken Jean Moreau — had left Nathaniel Wesninski to die.----
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Picks up with the beginning of The Sunshine Court. Jean and Kevin made it out of the Nest. Neil didn’t.
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- Part 1 of What We Leave Behind
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12 Jan 2026
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An AU where Mary never got Nathaniel out. Instead, he became too invaluable of an asset to be killed off or 'gifted' to Tetsuji. Instead, he's raised with Ichirou and Jean as a part of Ichirou's inner circle.
He'd always had a knack for languages and lying and all the 'messy stuff' came easily enough when your father is called the Butcher of Baltimore. So Nathaniel became the Wraith. He was untraceable, unknowable, infalliable; a criminal fairytale.
When Kevin Day leaves the Nest, there's no better person to send.
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"Who the hell are you?" Andrew demanded.
He wasn't anyone, not really; not anymore. He hadn't really been anyone in years now. There'd been a time. Once. But there were entire lifetimes between who he could have been and what he'd become. He could taste it sometimes; blackberries and sand stinging his tongue like the iron branded on his shoulder.
It was easier to pretend he'd never been anyone at all.
"I'm nothing," he answered. The ghost of a smile pulled at his lips; sharp and cruel. "A wraith." The Wraith, he didn't say, but the shadows ran through Andrew's eyes and he wondered if Andrew had heard it anyways.
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- Part 1 of Innominate