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  1. Public Bookmark 28

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    Essek’s beauty is of a different sort. It is deliberate, an art.

     

    Oh, he is he beautiful naked and clean, all sharp angles covered in soft dark skin. His features are finely sculpted, a delicate symmetry of lines and curves. But there is purposeful beauty layered on top in the way that Essek chooses to adorn himself. This is Essek, too: the hand he has in his own creation.

     

    or: 2.5k words of Caleb having horny thoughts about Essek's makeup.

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    11 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    Julien needed an alpha, and the only path forward that Thaisha could imagine was marching in there and knotting him herself.

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    08 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 26

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    Essek is crying, and he can’t remember why. He should probably be concerned about that, but he is caught in the heaving relief of sobs, shaking in his ribs as he curls in tighter, pressing his forehead against his knees. His grief drips silently down onto his lap, disappearing into black, ice-encrusted fabric. Did someone die? Did he do something terrible?

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    04 Feb 2026

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    The strange object sits like a silver spider by his wrists, long jointed legs entangling his hands. It’s beautiful like finely wrought jewelry, but it wraps itself around Essek’s fingers and wrists in an undeniably threatening manner.

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    04 Feb 2026

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    When Beauregard asks for Dairon's help freeing a friend held captive by the Cerberus Assembly, they agree, expecting a rescue mission to clear the way to bring down Trent Ikithon for good. But when they meet Essek Thelyss in the depths of the Vergesson Sanatorium, they discover that Beauregard hasn't told them everything.

    As the clock runs down and Dairon and Essek find themselves in a game of wits not only with the Assembly but with each other, they must find a way to trust each other--or risk neither of them making it out alive.

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    Written for Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2021.

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    31 Jan 2026