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triskhellion · 6 months

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15 Shades of Red

Rated: Explicit (3.5k | WIP 1/18)

Relationships: Derek/Stiles, Stiles & Isaac, Derek & Malia, Derek & Isaac, The Family, background Boyd/Erica, Lydia/Jackson/Danny, Heather/Kira

Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Isaac Lahey, Lydia Martin, Malia Tate, Talia Hale, Peter Hale, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Kira Yukimura, Heather, Cora Hale, Laura Hale, Matt Daehler, Braeden, etc.

Tags: POV Stiles, POV Derek, Graphic Violence, Mob AU, Spark Stiles, Omega Derek, Mob Boss Stiles, Mob Boss/Pack Alpha Talia, Creeper Stiles, Power Imbalance, Sharing a Bed, Touch-Starved Derek, Getting Together, Angst & Fluff & Smut, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Obsessive Behavior, Possessive Behavior, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Past Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Minor Character Deaths, Explicit Sexual Content, (Mostly) Bottom Derek/Top Stiles, Virgin Derek, Light BDSM, Praise Kink, Dirty Talk, Knotting, First Time Bottoming, Murder Husbands, Mpreg (in epilogue,) Happy Ending.

Summary: Derek is the 23 year old omega son of Alpha Boss Talia Hale, the only non-alpha born to the Hales in at least four generations. Restricted by his overprotective mother after a past kidnapping and misunderstood by the alphas and betas of the Pack, he longs for more than the boring life he's been consigned to and the suitors only interested in him for his name or body.

Stiles became the head of the Stilinski branch of the Gajoš Family at 19 after both of his parents were gunned down six years apart. With the help of a talented group of friends, the secret Spark with a newly powerful and disturbing Gift took down a slew of rivals to keep control of his territory in Beacon City. Now 21, the infamous Boss with a love for the color red is suddenly given an opportunity to bring the object of his affection, a completely oblivious Derek, into his Family as restitution for an unintended, but significant offense by the Hale Pack. He takes it.

Equiknots: Harvest & Hunter's Moon prompts: 18, Between, Corn Equal, Hunter, Knot, Sanguine, Spice, Super & Travel

Stiles

His cool, calm, and collected demeanor was at odds with the anxiety and anticipation roiling inside. Stiles learned years ago to school his facial expressions, to quiet the fingers that itched to drum on any surface, the feet to tap, or a leg to bounce. At least in public. There were the odd lapses, yes, but he couldn’t afford that today. He had to be the Boss, play the unbothered Blade of infamy.

Of course, the facade alone wouldn’t be worth a damn while in the company of werewolves, but he had other tricks up his sleeve. Or more accurately, hanging from a simple black cord around his neck; the thin, metallic, rune-marked disc the size of an old silver dollar resting flush against his sternum and tucked beneath layers of clothing. A white sleeveless v-neck under a long-sleeved red dress shirt, the shade of which he often used to signal his mood or the tone of the day’s business. (But not always, it wouldn’t do to be completely predictable, not to mention that circumstances often turned on a dime.)

Today he wore a vibrant scarlet, including a matching tie, with his signature charcoal gray 3-piece suit. Bold and triumphant for this was a momentous occasion. Stiles doubted he could’ve engineered a better opportunity himself than the one poised to fall into his lap. Hopefully literally in the not-too-distant future if he played his cards right.

And to think this had all been set into motion by sheer happenstance after more time than he cared to admit spent daydreaming trying to scheme up some kind of proper introduction over the past few years. But there was always some reason why it wasn’t a good time or likely to backfire if not cause a capital I Incident. There was also the part of him that would rather be able to keep his fantasy alive than risk the possibility of being shot down (and not only figuratively.)

But then eleven days ago his childhood best friend, Scott McCall, had been Bitten by Peter Hale.

The werewolf had been out of his mind at the time, drugged by a pretty face working for a rogue Calavera with some specialized strain of wolfsbane and made to go temporarily feral. An excuse for Hunters to “justifiably” attack the powerful Pack no doubt. Without his human side in charge to temper his ambitions — he was strong enough to become a Pack Alpha himself if he’d wanted to — the Left Hand of the Hales went looking for someone to Bite. His first Beta.

For some baffling reason he’d ended up going for Scott when he came across the veterinary student, who was entirely unsuitable for “the life,” walking with a date in the park. The terrified 21 year old managed to call Stiles just before he was actually attacked and when he was found by Isaac in some bushes soon after, bloody but healing, the Boss and Enforcer both knew exactly what was happening.

Isaac had been turned without consent himself several months before, but that Alpha had meant it as punishment for some slight, thinking either Stiles would turn on the new wolf or be killed by him. Instead he restrained Isaac with his power, threw him in a basement room, and slapped a silence rune on it. Then he made a concealment token to keep the change in status under wraps. They quietly figured it out with help from Alpha Satomi Ito, an old friend of Stiles’ mother, and once the blue-eyed wolf had learned enough control they took care of that asshole themselves.

It didn’t escape his notice that despite all of Scott’s issues with him following in his parents footsteps that it had been Stiles that he had called when his life was on the line. So it goes. They’d started growing apart after his mother was killed and the rift between them widened as they continued going through very different experiences. No matter how many times he tried to explain the concept of a power vacuum — that even if he, or previously his father, had wanted to run away from it all that more people would actually be hurt if they did so — Scott just couldn’t understand.

And so Stiles never even considered trying to bring him into to fold or tell him about Isaac being a wolf too. That he could find a pack here or that there were even ways to stick around without one. He called up Satomi and she had him on the way to some sleepy college town in Virginia within a handful of days.

Honestly, the whole situation was for the best for both of them. Scott could go be uncomplicated and enjoy his new lack of asthma with a laid back pack on the other side of the country and Stiles wouldn’t have to worry about him not being part of the Family, but possibly being targeted as an associate. There’d be no more sending anyone to babysit him from afar as he ambled about sketchy parts of Beacon City blissfully unaware of not being mugged either.

And so here he was. The Hales had contacted him apologetically once they realized what had happened and to whom and he’d let them stew for a few days before responding.

The barest smirk tugged at his lips as he observed the Alpha Heir, Laura Hale, attempt to discreetly scent his emotions, her nostrils flaring slightly as she feigned engrossment with the large painting taking up much of the wall behind his side of the table. The imagery of the Crooked Forest in Nowe Czarnowo on a misty morning was both deeply meaningful for him and an interesting conversation piece for the relatively few guests allowed within these walls. It would likely be quite some time before those gathered here returned again, if ever.

His amusement increased at the wrinkle deepening between her brows when she picked up nothing at all, huffing and turning to side-eye the short red-headed woman speaking with her younger sister, Cora, at the other end of the room. As far as those outside the Inner Circle of the Family knew (or Great Eight as Erica insisted,) Lydia Martin was the Stilinski emissary and responsible for any of their mage craft.

Dearest Lydia was indeed their emissary, his representative in matters both supernatural and mundane. She did also possess magic, though the exact nature of her abilities — that she was a banshee — was yet another closely guarded secret. But it was Stiles himself that created their magical implements, set their wards and, when need be, used his significant abilities to eliminate their threats.

The only people who’d witnessed him in action, enraged and eyes shining the rich burgundy of venous blood, were his most trusted Family and the soon to be dispatched recipients of said power. (The occasional innocent bystander didn’t count because their memories of the event would be wiped clean. He wasn’t entirely amonster.)

Aware of how requesting attendance by the entire Hale family, lowercase f, would seem an insultingly blatant trap he had sent a blood-spelled letter witnessed and effected by a Notary Mage. He, Isaac, and Lydia — the Head, the Hand, and the Voice of the Stilinski Family — had pricked their thumbs with the small ceremonial dagger and bled beside their signatures on the thick parchment, swearing that there'd be no violence against the Hales by them or those in their service, or with their foreknowledge, on pain of death.

For a span of 7 hours, equally before and after the meeting’s start time of noon, they could not strike. Unless the Hales attacked first, of course. They weren’t idiots.

Stiles still hadn’t been sure that they would come though, perhaps insisting on meeting in neutral territory instead. He would’ve agreed to that if he had to, but this made things so much simpler. More contained and less prone to erupt in violence or involve outside parties.

The Stilinskis and Hales weren’t formal allies, but they weren’t enemies either. Some minor altercations between underlings aside they had no quarrel with each other, even cooperating when their interests aligned from time to time or giving a heads up about some mutual rival.

The officiated blood-spell must’ve been enough for the Hale’s own emissary, Druid Alan Deaton to proclaim them safe enough even within another organization’s stronghold. The placid Black man in a forest green suit was currently observing everything from the sidelines and also keeping tabs on Lydia in particular. If he only knew.

In addition, they were allowed to bring a dozen soldiers with then; three were currently posted inside the room, two outside the door, and the other seven were split between the front and back entrances and on standby with their vehicles. He also knew, courtesy of his tech wizard, Danny, and head of security, Boyd, that the Steiner twins (jokingly referred to as Arts & Entertainment) were waiting with a small arsenal just beyond the property line about half a mile away in case things went south.

The heirloom oak and bronze grandfather clock chimed out the hour and the gathered werewolves turned to him expectingly, but he only looked toward the door and went back to reading the papers spread before him. With every minute after noon the tension grew and at 12:07pm Peter Hale finally broke the silence.

“Apologies,” he said, tone making clear that he wasn’t the one who should offer them. “But if we could start…”

Stiles raised an eyebrow. “Everyone hasn’t arrived yet.”

The four Hales looked at each other with surprise and discomfort. The druid’s gaze sharpened.

“You mean Derek and Malia? But wh—“ Peter began.

“Was the invitation not clear?”

“Yes, but they’re not really involved in this level of business,” said Laura, looking towards her mother as the Hale Alpha merely stared at him in silence.

Oh, I’m aware he thought disapprovingly, eyes intentionally flickering to the not-yet-18 year old Cora.

“Nevertheless, this matter affects them as well,” Stiles said, wearing what he hoped was a small, pleasant smile. “So if you could have them come per our agreement—”

“We would greatly appreciate it,” added Lydia, trying to soften the sharpness of his tone and keep things from devolving already.

The dark haired sisters shared an annoyed look as Peter sat tight-lipped in his seat. After several moments Talia broke eye contact and nodded to Laura. The Heir pulled out her phone and sent a few texts, snorting a minute later at the response.

“They said they could get here in about 25 minutes, but only by coming straight from the gym.”

Isaac looked over to him and chuckled.

“We promise not to take offense,” Stiles said, quickly banishing the thought of a flexing, sweat drenched Derek before it could fully form. “Refreshments will be served shortly in the meantime.”

He stood and nodded to Liam who’d been waiting near the entrance for any requests and the young soldier hurried to the kitchen.

“Excuse me while I attend to a few things in my office. Feel free to explore the library in the drawing room,” he said, gesturing to go through the archway on the right side and across the hall.

He walked over to Isaac on his way out. “Come get me when they arrive.”

Derek

He was at the power rack about to attempt a new single max low back squat when his and Malia’s phones chimed simultaneously. Always a good sign, Derek thought sarcastically as he let out a long sigh. What now?

His cousin, who had been racing on an elliptical nearby like an angry T1000 with John Connor in its sights, hopped off and grabbed her phone and water bottle as he continued to fume about the interruption, sure that his workout would be cut short.

Coming to the gym, like running beta shifted or blasting his music, was how he took the edge off the unmet needs and burned through the negative emotions that he lived with as a matter of course. The regular focus, control, and clearing of his mind also made it that much easier to mute the “outgoing” of his bonds and hide his interior world from the Pack’s scrutiny. Their well meaning, but frequently misapplied concern, especially his mother’s.

“They need us at the Stilinski meeting as soon as possible,” she said after reading the message.

Derek groaned and made a point of completing his lift, though his form was shaky in his annoyance. He’d heard of the letter “requesting” they all attend, but last night when he asked what time he should be ready to go he’d been assured that their presence wasn’t necessary. His presence, really. If she weren’t his usual bodyguard he bet they’d have taken Malia along. It wasn’t that he particularly wanted to go, but he resented being summarily excluded. Again.

Growing up, Derek had never felt like a stereotypical alpha and being months past his 16th birthday he’d been worried about presenting as a beta, who tended to take longer to reveal their secondary sex than alphas did. Not because he thought there was anything was wrong with betas, but because he knew what it would mean in his family. He didn’t want to be different. Othered.

Not once though did he imagine that he could be an omega. Between Hale genetics being what they were and the rarity of omegas in general (and male ones in particular) it was so beyond the realm of possibility that that particular fear hadn’t even crossed his mind. Then came that first humiliating heat.

Derek had been playing video games in the den downstairs when it started, not recognizing the first symptoms. Feeling just a bit off he’d taken a nap on the couch only to wake up a few hours later confused and burning up. Simultaneously very uncomfortable and extremely horny, not to mention damp where he’d never been before. It was frightening.

Ten year old Cora had wandered in to play with her action figures and been alarmed to see him sweaty and groaning and yelled that he looked really sick. Peter had been the first to investigate and after several moments of shock had started laughing and offered to find him a “knotty boy” in front of his now present and scandalized mother.

He’d ended up locked inside an interrogation room with an inflatable mattress and some sheets and a blanket. Laura ran out to hastily purchase some random toys for him and then put them inside with snacks and water, but no one came around to make sure he ate or drank for longer than was healthy. They hadn’t known better.

Every wolf born in the past four generations of the main Hale family, all 30 of the 37 descendants of his great-grandfather Desmond Hale who had presented before him, had been alphas. (So had the three since.) The only non-alphas in their bloodline had been the mates of those born Hales, mostly betas and a handful of alpha-alpha pairs. There were just two omegas over that time frame: the wife of one of his second cousins and a deceased great uncle-in-law.

His beta father, Aaron, had been “blamed” for the anomaly having had an omega grandfather as well as a baby brother and two female cousins in his family. He’d died from smoke inhalation saving a handful of strangers from a house fire several years before Derek presented and had been cut off from his family when he mated the infamous Talia Hale, so they’d had no close and trusted source of advice and firsthand information. Oh, they’d read articles and browsed web forums and asked Deaton (who was not at all well versed in the subject) about it, but his family simply hadn’t really known what to do with any omega, much less a male one.

They’d muddled through, but not without plenty of scars to show for it, mostly on Derek’s end. All of the times when they treated him differently and shouldn’t have, especially after he was kidnapped at 17 by a gang led by a supernatural-hating fanatic.

His mother had been overprotective before then, but when they got him back — bruised and traumatized, but before the worst had happened — he could barely take a piss without someone hovering nearby.

Derek was steered away from or outright denied any position that might put him “at special risk” as an omega, which was practicality everything of rank or actually interesting. He would not be trained to be Laura’s Second as was customary for the next born nor sent on missions or even errands. If he were more technologically inclined he could’ve worked his way up in Intelligence, but torrenting foreign tv shows and troubleshooting the wifi were about the extent of his abilities. Anything related to their less-than-legal operations were off-limits as well. Unsafe.

No, Derek’s contribution to the Pack was in “Procurement and Supply Management,” i.e. making sure that the Manor and their other private or commercial properties never ran out of pasta or printer ink or toilet paper and that the lights stayed on. He also sometimes floated around filling in for members in Document Control or Internal Mail or did grunt work for the accountants. Sterile and boring.

Conversely, the one area where they should’ve taken his omega status into account they regularly failed to do so. Acted as if the same level of physical bonding and affection they normally engaged in would be enough for him. At least some of the pack had learned that omegas required more, knew that intellectually, but habits being as they were it generally hadn’t been the case in practice.

After getting met with annoyed glances or told that someone would come by later and have them never show he simply stopped asking after a while. Cuddling with his sisters once or twice a week while watching movies or tv shows and the occasional touches from his mother had kept him going, but he’d been low to mid-level touch starved much of the time and occasionally worse.

Since presenting Derek always felt at least somewhat apart from the pack as whole. He’d been teased by Peter and the beta soldiers, Aidan and Ethan, who often accompanied him before Malia was of age. He’d overheard certain comments from several others and withdrew even further inside himself, becoming more and more skilled at locking himself away.

What was the point of letting on exactly how dissatisfied and disconnected he felt? Things wouldn’t actually change, there’d just be some grumbling and there-theres and attempts to fix him instead of the situation.

Things had definitely improved when Malia arrived and had been amenable to random cuddling, but he still held himself back from doing it as often as he wanted to in fear of being a burden.

No one had been more surprised that Peter had a child than the playboy wolf himself, an alpha coyote-wolf hybrid that had long since been abandoned by her mother. She’d been a hellion of a street kid, causing all sorts of mischief and lashing out while trying to survive, until one day she’d ended up hauled in before the crew leader in charge of protection.

There was something about her, perhaps certain notes in her scent or something vaguely familiar in her appearance or manner, that gave Finstock pause before delivering the standard beating — non-life threatening or severely damaging — for a shifter her age. The wild-haired Bitten wolf was eccentric and prone to randomly bringing up his lost testicle, but had an uncanny sense about things and kept order in the streets, neither too soft nor overly cruel. Inquires were made, fingerprints and DNA ran, and surprise, congratulations, it was a bouncing baby snarling 16 year old Hale!

It didn’t take long for her and the then 19 year old Derek to gravitate towards each other, coming from two very different upbringings, but both outsiders in their own way. Malia was trained up and when she turned 18 became his primary bodyguard and the rest was history.

“C’mon, lets’s bounce,” she said, poking him in the shoulder. “ASAP means ASAP.”

“ASAP also means no shower or change of clothes,” Derek growled, lamenting that Hale Manor was in the opposite direction. He could’ve been there as presentable and on time as everyone else, but nooo. The most he could do was towel off some and slather on the deodorant he had in his bag.

“They’ll just have to deal,” she replied, shrugging. Her lack of concern for propriety was one of the many things he loved about her, but the rules were different for him. Oh well, the only wolves there would be family so perhaps he wouldn’t get that kind of shit for it. Hopefully the Stilinskis had been informed in advance and wouldn’t take their appearance as a slight.

“I guess so,” he muttered, wiping the barbell down quickly before tossing the towel in the used bin. They headed outside and he unlocked the black Camaro in the spot upfront reserved for him. Sliding behind the wheel, he strapped in and started it up as Malia pulled up the directions on her phone. Here we go.

#sterek #sterek fanfic #equiknots #trisk #equiknots trisk

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bklynmusicnerd · 3 months

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I've been prepared for them to lean into the tragedy of it all since the "I would follow you anywhere" line dropped.

So I'm less concerned with Spencer "dying" (Cassadines never really die) and more curious about how it's all going to play out (if our assumptions are right), particularly for Trina. The last time Spencer was presumed dead, Trina refused to accept it because she said she'd feel it if he was gone.

I'm wondering if that's gonna happen again or if the presumed "death" scenario is so bad this time that even Trina believes it. If she doesn't believe it, is everyone just gonna write her off as being crazed with grief or in denial? Or will someone believe her?

How will this impact her and Portia's relationship considering Portia has been praying for this day? Also how will this impact her current frosty non-dynamic with Laura? If this is Heather revenge spree related, that will be the third time Heather attacked someone Trina was close to. Will that come up?

Will Nik come back with demon spawn if he thinks Spencer's dead, or will he be responsible for the fake death in the first place? Idk there's a lot of potentially interesting directions this could take. Whatever happens, this definitely ties into Trina's rumored gray era, and I'm cautiously curious to see how it all plays out.

#general hospital #trina robinson #spencer cassadine #need them not to miss a single beat with trina's pov in the writing for this or i'll be so annoyed 🙄#once again kinda need this to be the year trina is fully unleashed #let her unravel a bit #she's been long overdue for some unraveling

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panzershrike-pretz · 5 months

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TAG GAME! <3

Thank you ffor the tag @next-autopsy, @land-sh, @whollyjoly and @luckynumber4! Love you guys!

RULES: shuffle your ON REPEAT playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, tag 10 people.

1. Requiem by Laura Dreyfuss, Michael Park and Jennifer Laura Thompson (from Dear Evan Hansen)

2. I'd Rather Be Me by Barrett Wilbert Weed (from Mean Girls)

3. Road to Hell by André de Shields, Amber Gray, Reeve Carney (from Hadestown)

4. Only Us by Laura Dreyfuss and Ben Platt (from Dear Evan Hansen)

5. Never Shut Up Again by T'Shan Williams, Dominic Andersen, Christopher Chung (from Heathers)

6. The Last Bristollian Pirate by The Longest Johns

7. The Beast of Pirate's Bay by Aurelio Voltaire

8. Any Way the Wind Blows by Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer, Kay Trinidada, Anaïs Mitxhell (from Hadestown)

9. Bones in the Ocean by The Longes Johns

10. Anne Bonny by Karliene

Tagging (no pressure): @malarkgirlypop @lost-on-the-highway @footprintsinthesxnd @georgieluz @samwinchesterslostshoe @xxluckystrike @sweetxvanixlla (I know this isn't 10 but I can't count that high ok)

#all I got from this is TOO MANY MUSICALS #tag game #🥨🪶

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kwebtv · 2 months

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Earthsea - Sci-Fi - December 13 - 14, 2004

Fantasy (2 episodes)

Running Time: 172 minutes

Stars:

Shawn Ashmore as Ged / Sparrowhawk

Kristin Kreuk as Tenar

Danny Glover as Ogion

Isabella Rossellini as Thar

Sebastian Roché as King Tygath

Jennifer Calvert as Kossil

Chris Gauthier as Vetch

Mark Acheson as The Gebbeth

Supporting Characters

Alan Scarfe as the Archmagus

Mark Hildreth as Jasper

Dave 'Squatch' Ward as Dunian

Alessandro Juliani as Skiorh

Katharine Isabelle as Yarrow

Amanda Tapping as Lady Elfarren

Erin Karpluk as Diana

Emily Hampshire as Rosa

John Tench as General Doar

Alex Diakun as Thorvald

Heather Laura Gray as Penelope

Betty Phillips as Marion

William Samples as Doctor Hand

Antony Holland as Master Namer

R. Nelson Brown as Master Herbal

Chris Britton as Master Summoner

Frank C. Turner as Avner

Stefan Arngrim as Shire Reeve

#Earthsea #TV #Fantasy #Sci-Fi #2000's #2004 #Shawn Ashmore #Kristin Kreuk #Isabella Rossellini #Sebastian Roche #Danny Glover #Jennifer Calvert #Chris Gauthier #Mark Acheson

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blackfemmecharacterdependency · 1 year

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Black Femme Character Dependency Dark Skin Directory || Entertainers Pt. 1 (A-N)

For the purposes of this list and on this page, whenever I say “dark skinned,” I mean a traditional brown crayon or darker. I grew up around Black people, so the words “dark skinned” do not mean the same thing to me as it do to some nonblacks.

*I am attempting to redo this list that will not show up for some reason...

#BFCD Dark Skin December #BFCD Masterlist #BFCD DS Directory #Black Actresses and Female Entertainers Masterlist #Black Women in Entertainment #Flooding Your Dash with Black Lady Face #A-Z #Tags Masterlist #Masterlist #List will be updated as needed #BFCD Dark Skin December 2022

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victoriams · 10 months

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certain things were undeniably true – that the sky was blue, or that grass was green. or that, perhaps, probably, most certainly – she loves Krishna more than anybody else she’d ever met. And that this fact would remain her own – to be held in her hands and softly tended to in secret, but never to be uttered aloud / there was not much else that could make krish feel so elated as making prudence smile. if the both of them had not devoted their entire lives to this cause, where lives hang in the balance daily, she might have devoted hers to the simplicity of making her smile the way she had growing up.

@reblrths

the bully, sophie lark / i hope you think of me, lily williams / unknown / nox, anne carson / coldbrewslut on tumblr / close to me, monica murphy / unknown / heather, conan gray / unknown / unknown / k.a.t / triple dog dare, lucy dacus / the reader, bernhard schlink / unknown / a letter to albert camus, maría casares / seven, taylor swift / unknown / herakles, euripides / blue, dir. hiroshi ando / strawberry blonde, mitski / joseph e. morris / unknown / unknown / vivadrag on instagram / transsexualists on twitter / you are jeff, richard siken (but i changed it) / she-ra and the princesses of power (2018-2020) / a letter to ernest hemingway, agnes von kurowsky / susie save your love, allie x and mitski / unknown / about the days, joshua beckman / unknown / the complete poems of anna akhmatova, anna akhmatova / graceland too, phoebe bridgers / unknown / brutal prince, sophie lark / unknown / enough for you, maisie peters / trista mateer / let you break my heart again, laufey / pride and prejudice, dir. joe wright / tender is the night, f. scott fitzgerald / sacred woman, queen afua / bipdf on tumblr / unknown / jonnysun on twitter / unknown / eurydice, sarah ruhl / anna laura art / we’re in love, boygenius / unknown / i will, mitski / enilehtnorevol on twitter / eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, dir. michel gondry / everywhere everything, noah kahan / unknown / a letter to paul celan, ingeborg bachmann / the maddest obsession, danielle lori / moon song, phoebe bridgers / just the two of us, grover washington jr. art by rosabienfuerte on tumblr

#prudence – 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 #prudence & krishna – 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 #mj.task #does it still count if its 15 years late and way too long yes/no #with. nazanin

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miareadsbooks · 1 year

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My 2023 reads:

January

1. The song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

01/01/23 - 08/01/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

2. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

09/01/23 - DNF

⭐️⭐️⭐️

FEBRUARY

3. Scythe - Neal Shusterman

27/01/23 - 28/02/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

March

4. The death cure - James Dashner

03/03/23 - 09/03/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

5. The mirror man - Lars Kepler

09/03/23 - 15/03/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

6. Medusa - Jessie Burton

16/03/23 - 17/03/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

April

7. The inheritance games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

24/03/23 - 02/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

8. Survive the night - Riley Sager

10/04/23 - 12/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

9. The house across the lake - Riley Sager

12/04/23 - 17/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.8

10. The hypnotist - Lars Kepler

17/04/23 - 25/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

11. Twisted Games - Ana Huang

26/04/23 - 28/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12. Twisted Love - Ana Huang

30/04/23 - 30/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.9

May

13. The Alpha and his mate - B E Wakeford

01/05/23 - 02/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

14. The Alpha’s Saviour - Reece Bardon

02/05/23 - 03/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

15. Distance - Luna Mason

03/05/23- 04/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

16. The Alpha’s Mate - Ava Gray

05/05/23-06/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

17. Mated to the Alpha - J.M Clarke

06/05/23 - 07/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.3

18. Silent Luna - Sabrina Noury

07/05/23 - 08/05/23

⭐️⭐️.5

19. Throne of deception - Adrianna Brinne

08/05/23 - 09/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

20. Shift - Heather Mackinnon

11/05/23 - 13/05/23

⭐️⭐️.5

21. The wolf’s wild mate - Ava Gray

14/05/23 - 15/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

22. Saving his mate - Ava Gray

15/05/23 - 15/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

23. Taken By a sinner - Michael Heard

16/05/23 - 16/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

24. Keeping my girl - Angela Snyder

17/05/23 - 19/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

25. Taken by the Pack - Laura Wylde

20/05/23- 20/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

26. Ruin - Samantha Towle

21/05/23 - 24/05/23

⭐️⭐️

27. Fighting for his mate - Ava Gray

27/05/23 - 30/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

28. Her defender bear - Scarlett Grove

03/06/23 - 03/06/23

⭐️⭐️.5

29. The fine print - Lauren Asher

01/06/23 - 04/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

June

30. Cold blooded alpha - Eva Bale

09/06/23 - 09/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

31. Her two alphas - Julia Sparks

10/06/23 - 10/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

32. Saving his fated mate - Marie Mason

10/06/23 - 12/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

33. Kidnapped by my mate - Elle Adams

12/06/23 - DNF

⭐️⭐️

34. Broken rules - I.A Dice

18/06/23 - 25/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

35. Done and Dusted - Lyla Sage

25/06/23 - 28/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

36. Against the clock - Brittany Kelly

30/06/23 - 02/07/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

July

37. Local woman missing - Mary Kubica

02/07/23 - 06/07/23

⭐️⭐️

38. Owned by a sinner - Michelle Heard

06/07/23 - 08/07/23

⭐️⭐️

39. Scoring wilder - R.S Grey

10/07/23 - 13/07/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

40. Sleet kitten - S.J Tilly

20/07/23 - 23/07/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

41. The haunting of Lannister hall - Amy cross

24/07/23 - 30/07/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

42. Tis the damn season - Kimi Freeman

31/07/23 - 01/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August

43. Thin Ice - Ava Gray

01/08/23 - 04/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

44. Shatter me - Tahereh Mafi

03/08/23 - 04/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

45. Destroy me - Tahereh Mafi

07/08/23 - 07/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

46. Buddy reads - Dhara Shah

01/08/23 - 15/08/23

⭐️⭐️

47. Unravel me - Tahereh Mafi

08/08/23 - 16/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

48. Good girl for the bikers - Stephanie Brother

21/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

49. Secret Baby for the bikers - Stephanie Brother

21/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

49. The thief - Tara Crescent

19/08/23 - 22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

50. Alpha Wolf - Rune hunt

22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

51. Rejected wolf - Rune Hunt

22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

52. Goddess Wolf - Rune Hunt

22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

53. Finding somewhere to belong - C.C Masters

22/08/23 - 23/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

54. Finding Anna - C.C Masters

23/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

55. Finding the fire within - C.C Masters

23/08/23 - 24/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

56. Finding the power within - C.C Masters

23/08/23 - 25/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

57. Vicious saint - L.C Wilcox

25/08/23 - 26/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

58. Annie’s valentine Bikers - Alys Fraser

26/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

59. Will - Juli Hill

26/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

60. Fourth wing - Rebecca Yarros

26/08/23 - 30/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

61. Puppy Love - Katelyn Beckett

30/08/23

⭐️⭐️.5

62. Fracture me - Tahereh Mafi

30/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

September

63. Her second chance shifter romance - L. MacNourghton

02/09/23 - 03/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️

64. Unlikely mate - Candace Ayers

03/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

65. Fated to the alpha - Skye Alder

03/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

66. Prom Queen - Laura wolfe

04/09/23 - 08/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️

67. A curse of blood and wolves - Melissa McTernan

03/09/23 - 13/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️

68. The housemaid - Freida McFadden

13/09/23 - 14/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

69. Brothers of blood - J.T patten

17/09/23 - 17/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️

70. Merciless - Tracy Lorraine

16/09/23 - 20/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

71. A court of thornes and roses - Sarah J. Maas

23/09/23 - 28/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Well, I just spent a few hours on this. Thanks, ADHD Hyperfixations. Anyways, here’s the general ages I came up with for the Three Frats AU relative to the 3H cast’s ages in the academy phase. Some are canon, others are modified canon, and others are straight up vibe guesses. I didn’t include any of the shapeshifters on here since they’re up in the air.

31+ - Vaida, Renault, Saber, Valbar, Gregor, Basilio, Flavia, Volke, Reina, Yukimura, Shura, Gilliam, basically anyone old enough to have their own kids or just obviously older than 30 something 30 - Arvis, Uther, Oswin, Hawkeye, Deen, Miriel, Libra, Shinon, Azama, Arthur (Fates) 29 - Aida, Pent, Louise, Dorcas, Isadora, Harken, Karla, Zeke, Stefan, Izana, Emmeryn, Gerik, Tethys 28 - Claud, Bartre, Natalie, Mathilda, Kamui, Fredrick, Virion, Sigrun, Gatrie, Xander, Saizo 27 - Beowulf, Lucius, Canas, Farina, Legault, Clive, Robin, Say'ri, Bastian, Heather, Tanith, Ryoma, Kagero, Scarlet, Glen (FE8) 26 - Balthus, Arden, Hector, Rath, Leila, Geitz, Karel, Lloyd, Linus, Sully, Cordelia, Kellam, Lon'qu, Calil, Rhys, Camilla, Orochi, Setsuna, Niles, Nyx, Benny 25 - Sigurd, Eldigan, Quan, Naoise, Ayra, Lewyn, Chulainn, Eliwood, Kent, Raven, Matthew, Dart, Fiora, Python, Forsyth, Sonia, Chrom, Vaike, Stahl, Cherche, Zihark, Lucia, Hinoka, Beruka, Peri, Joshua, Saleh, Cormag 24 - Edain, Brigid, Alec, Jamke, Lex, Sain, Lowen, Lukas, Leon, Jesse, Sumia, Gaius, Tharja, Geoffrey, Oscar, Jakob, Effie, Charlotte, Seth 23 - Deirdre, Tailitu, Azelle, Midir, Erinys, Wil, Heath, Ursula, Palla, Maribelle, Olivia, Henry, Kieran, Makalov, Kaze, Azura, Natasha, Glenn (3H), Rennac 22 - Mercedes, Lachesis, Lyn, Florina, Luthier, Lissa, Aran, Nephenee, Felicia, Flora, Rinkah, Silas, Syrene 21 - Jeritza, Byleth, Sylvia, Serra, Erk, Priscilla, Tatiana, Conrad, Ricken, Elincia, Marcia, Astrid, Boyd, Leo, Takumi, Oboro, Hinata, Artur, L'Arachel 20 - Hubert, Hapi, Catria, Atlas, Ike, Fiona, Jill, Mia, Lute, Innes, Knoll 19 - Sylvain, Yuri, Leonie, Finn, Dew, Guy, Rebecca, Silque, Berkut, Rinea, Fernand, Donnel, Pelleas, Ilyana, Tormod, Hana, Subaki, Mozu, Erika, Ephraim, Colm, Niemi, Forde, Kyle, Lyon 18 - Dorothea, Dedue, Raphael, Lorenz, Hilda, Constance, Monica, Jaffar, Gray, Faye, Clair, Mist, Soren, Hayato, Vanessa, Tana 17 - Edie, Dimi, Claude, Bernie, Ferdie, Felix, Ingrid, Marianne, Ignatz, Alm, Tobin, Celica, Mae, Sothe, Laura, Sakura, Elise 16 - Caspar, Linhardt, Ashe, Annette, Nino, Est, Boey, Genny, Leonardo, Meg, Ross 15 - Lysithea, Petra, Kliff, Edward, Franz 14 - Cyril, Oifey, Amelia, Ewan 13 - Delthea, Sanaki, Shannan

You entering a trace and emerging with an age list of (I presume) every FE that you’ve ever played. It happens. I get it. (I do have to point out that Saizo and Kaze are twins, so maybe we split the difference on their estimates? 25? 26?)

Mostly however I am going to be thinking about the 13-year-olds tier. There is such powerful energy there. I don’t know what’s going to happen if you put the three of them in the same room, but I know it will be happening, and there is no force on all the continents that could stop them if they put their mind to something.

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Cedric: Laura Kraut’s Once in a Lifetime Partner Inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Chairman Peter Doubleday with Mary Elizabeth Kent, who helped train Cedric for her sister, Laura; Margaret Duprey, Cedric’s owner; and Laura Kraut, his rider – Photo: © KindMedia

Lexington, Kentucky, USA – March 8, 2024 – Francisco “Pancho” Lopez, longtime barn manager for Katie Monahan Prudent and then Elise Haas, and Cedric, Laura Kraut’s gold medal Olympic mount, were inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame during the Hall of Fame’s Induction Gala in Wellington, Florida, on March 3.

“This was the third year we have hosted our annual induction ceremony as part of a sit-down dinner in Wellington and it was our biggest and best yet,” said Show Jumping Hall of Fame chairman Peter Doubleday. “We sold out in advance and, unfortunately, had to turn away several people who wanted to be there. Our sport’s history was on display with 15 Hall of Famers and many more of our sport’s legends in attendance. Once again it was an incredible night, one that we will continue to build on each year.”

The “once in a lifetime” partner for rider Laura Kraut (FRA), Cedric was a small gray Holsteiner gelding foaled in Belgium in 1998 who became a stalwart on the U.S. Equestrian Team. He was originally owned in the U.S. by Peter Wetherill and Happy Hill Farm. After Wetherill passed away in 2010, his brother, Cortie, assumed ownership together with Kraut before Margaret Duprey of Cherry Knoll Farm became Cedric’s final owner in 2012 to help keep him in Kraut’s barn.

Cedric made his FEI debut in 2006 and, despite his 15.2-hand height and many quirks, quickly became a powerhouse on the international show jumping circuit. His amazing partnership with Kraut spanned 11 years, producing 81 clear and 45 double-clear rounds in major competitions of $100,000 or more. Most notably, the pair helped the U.S. win a team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong.

Cedric’s successful career also included riding on the U.S. team at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) and numerous Nations Cup appearances, including Aachen, Barcelona, Dublin, La Baule, Rome, Rotterdam, St. Gallen and Wellington. He and Kraut also won the Grand Prix at four Longines Global Champions Tour (GCT) events and they were the first horse-and-rider combination to win back-to-back events, claiming top honors in 2010 at Chantilly and then Valkenswaard just two weeks later. Cedric and Kraut also won GCT events in Lausanne (2012) and Wiesbaden (2013).

A naturally careful and competitive horse, Cedric was one of the nation’s leading money winners, amassing well over $2 million in prize money. He was honored as The Chronicle of the Horse’s Show Jumping Horse of the Year in 2010. Cedric was formally retired at age 19 in a moving ceremony in Wellington in 2017.

The induction dinner, held at the Wanderers Club in Wellington, also recognized 15 others in attendance who have previously been inducted into the Hall of Fame including Olympic veterans Mary Chapot, Margie Engle, Leslie Howard, Anne Kursinski, Beezie Madden, Michael Matz, Melanie Smith Taylor and Katie Prudent (1980 Alternate Olympics), as well as Linda Allen, Jane Forbes Clark, Anthony D’Ambrosio, David Distler, Peter Doubleday, Danny Marks and former Olympic rider and current U.S. chef d’equipe Robert Ridland. Others in attendance included Olympic veterans McLain Ward, Lauren Hough, Will Simpson, Nick Skelton, Shane Sweetnam, and Mac Cone and Grand Prix riders Georgina Bloomberg, Carly Anthony, Heather Caristo-Williams, Jimmy Torano, Kelli Cruciotti-Vanderveen, Schuyler Riley, and Coco Fath.

Sponsors of the dinner included Robin Parsky, Beth Johnson, Charlie Jacobs, who sponsored the attendance of all Hall of Famers, and the Wheeler Family who sponsored the cocktail reception and open bar. Also sponsoring were the Hall of Fame’s corporate sponsors – Blenheim EquiSports, Charles Ancona, CMJ Sporthorse, Hampton Classic Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, LAURACEA, LEG Colorado Horse Shows, Markel Insurance, Palm Beach International Academy, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), Washington International Horse Show, and Wellington International. Table sponsors included John Madden Sales, Leslie Howard, Oliynyk Show Stables, Margaret Duprey and Laura Kraut.

The Show Jumping Hall of Fame was organized to promote the sport of show jumping and to immortalize the legends of the men, women and horses who have made great contributions to the sport. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is located at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Plaques honoring those who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame can be seen at the Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium. Mementos and artifacts from the sport’s history are on display as part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame collection at the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Wheeler Museum at the Horse Park.

The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is sponsored by Blenheim EquiSports, Charles Ancona, CMJ Sporthorse, Hampton Classic Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, LAURACEA, LEG Colorado Horse Shows, Markel, Palm Beach International Academy, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), Washington International Horse Show and Wellington International.

For more information about the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, including the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series, please visit the Show Jumping Hall of Fame website at www.ShowJumpingHallofFame.net.

Source: Press Release (edited) from Show Jumping Hall of Fame

Photo: © SHOF / KindMedia

Categories: Awards, English, Jumper News USA

Tagged as: Awards, Cedric, Equestrian, Horses, Jumper News, Jumper News USA, Laura Kraut, Show Jumping Hall of Fame, Showjumping, The Wanderers Club, The Wanderers Club Grand Prix, United States Equestrian Federation, US Equestrian, USEF

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BOOK ONE

Winds blew hard through the late summer trees they howled & Laura howled & Laura ran, she ran after the scent of blood heavy in the air and-

“OH GOD!”

She cried out in pain. A throbbing pain running throughout her body, constantly shifting, moving. Her skin itched. Not itched, felt too tight, too constrained, she felt trapped in her own flesh. She scratched frantically at the wires attached to her. Get off get off get off. She needed to be free. As they slipped off, she felt no freedom, no relief from the ever-shifting pain.

“W-what the hell? Help!” she rasped out.

Something was wrong. Oh God, I’m about to die, she thought. Worse than the forest worse than the bite so much worse. She looked down at her hand. It was changing, her fingers growing longer with the crunching of bones. Kriiiiik krak. They extended, widened, reshaped themselves. Laura was too stunned to speak. More stabs of pain, more crunching. Her legs were grinding - cracking and changing and lengthening, bone pressing harshly against muscle and skin. At least I can’t see them. At least I can’t see them. But god could she feel them.

The itchiness grew to a fever pitch. Hair burst from her skin - all across her arms, gray hair sprouting up in thick patches. Something grew just above her knuckles - something bulging out as it grew. It spread up to her nails and burst out with a deep pang of pain. Dark, tough claws - with flecks of her fading green nail polish. She stared at her hands in silent horror, no longer recognizing them.

Laura tried to call out again, but nothing came out. Why can’t anyone hear me? Someone had to, they had to. Before her eyes, her very face changed. She heard more crunching - louder than ever - as her mouth grew out to a point. Little pinpricks of pain shot through her mouth. Her teeth were shifting. Growing.

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“I need to talk to you about your child,” the nurse said.

“What’s wrong?” Heather asked, jumping to the edge of her chair in the lobby.

“I don’t think you realize how destructive the medication you’re giving your child can be,” the nurse said. “I don’t think you realize how permanent its effects can be.”

“What kind of medication d’you mean?” Christian asked.

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Oh God, what’s happening? Hair kept growing, and now she could hear so much. Distant beeping machines, frantic footsteps, yelling, doors opening and slamming and too much it was too much. She clutched her hands over her ears, only to feel a jolt of pain and let them down.

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“...you should read those pieces in The Atlantic and The New York Times about how damaging it is to arrest a child’s natural development. After all, your child is too young to really understand what’s happening.”

“Ahuh. Are you going to actually use our daughter’s name or pronouns or keep dancin’ around ‘em?”

“I’m not accusing you of being abusive, but you need to think about this seriously. This is the biggest, most destructive transformation your daughter can make to their body. Have you read JK Rowling?”

“No, we’re adults,” Heather said.

“I don’t think you can keep people from doing what they’re going to do,” Christian said. “Don’t you have somewhere to be?”

The nurse gathered up her tray. “You should think about it before it’s too late.”

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Drops of blood splashed across her claws - she had scratched the side of her head.

CLANG!

She lifted her head. The nurse watched from the doorway, backing away slowly. A tray bounced across the floor. Laura tried to ask for help, but only heard a low growl come out. The nurse stared, turned, ran.

Laura tried to stand. She tripped and caught herself on her hands. Good. Moving on four legs felt…easier. Felt right. She rose up unsteadily on two feet again. Footsteps. Yelling. Alarms blaring so loudly - like they were in the room with her, but she saw nothing. Laura backed against the wall. A threat. Danger.

Footsteps. Rockwell walked through the doorway. Cautious, hands up. She felt at ease…until a red-faced cop walked in, hand atop the gun at his waist.

“W-what is it? Where’s the patient?” Rockwell asked, shaking.

Laura remained alert, but maybe, even with the cop, she’d be safe. She’d be okay. Rockwell took a step closer.

“Where is she? Can anyone see her?”

Laura walked closer. I haven’t hurt anyone, Laura tried to say. She only let out a defensive growl.

“You don’t have to-”

“Get back! Back!” The cop shouted; he shoved the doctor aside, reached up and -

Something buzzed by Laura’s ear and shattered against the wall. A bullet. What the…? She let out a threatening growl, went down on all fours and barreled past, slipping on the floor as she went. She pushed the man away, and then a deafening bang echoed through the room. As her ears rang deafly, she felt a throbbing pain deep in her side - and smelled blood. She’d been shot. She didn’t slow down. As she ran down the hallway, staff jumping out of her way, she already felt the pain going away.

She needed a way out, a place to hide. She wouldn’t hurt anyone. She didn’t feel like hurting anyone. She knew that. She ran down an expanse of hallway, catching fleeting glimpses of a patient or doctor in the second before they fled, hid. Doors locked with a snap. Over the PA, a man warned of a lockdown. So many smells, noises, sensations. Whispers and prayers in the locked rooms. Yelling voices asking for help. Shoes squeaking over tile, approaching sirens, cars pulling up, distant sirens that felt so close. Floor wax and bodily decay and blood. Sweaty people and neutral people and - was that her mom and dad, somewhere below? Eventually, the hallways cleared completely.

She came to a window. She looked out into the nighttime sky: the blue-and-red of the cars’ whirling lights, the lights of the closest town, the Full Moon above.

And her reflection.

She reached out and traced her reflection’s canine snout, her pointed ears, her gray hair. No, not hair. Fur. Her yellow eyes glanced at her claws, flecked with green and her own blood. God. She looked…she looked like the creature that bit her. Oh my God.

Manuel was right.

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“Laur…Laura?”

Behind her. Doctor Rockwell. She took a sniff. No one else with him. Her fear mixed with amazement - that she could picture the world around her so powerfully from only smells, from sounds. That it came to her so instinctively.

When she turned around, he was trembling.

“So it is you. That nurse was right about...about what you are. I didn’t want to hurt you. He shot you, I wanted to stop him…”

She let out a low, mellow growl. She guess that meant “hey, it’s okay”. Rockwell stepped closer.

“They’re here for you. You need to hide until dawn -”

“There it is!”

The cop stormed in, gun drawn high. No.

“No, please-”

“Behind me!”

“No, no, it’s-”

BLAM.

Before Laura could even register the pain, before she could think, she charged forward. She swiped one paw towards the man. The gun flew out of his hand - and so did a spray of blood. Clutching his arm, he stumbled. She knew she hurt him. She knew her promise. She hadn’t wanted to, if he hadn’t…

“S-stop!”

Doctor Rockwell picked up the gun, aiming it at Laura with one shaking hand., “I’ll shoot! I’ll…”

She looked at him with wide eyes. Oh God, what had she done? She looked at the once-friendly doctor, now so afraid. She looked at the man on the floor. She looked out the window into the night. And she leapt through the glass and ran.

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sillylittlevulpine · 1 year

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Favorite songs of all time?? In order?? Here, catch!

1. Running with the Wolves by Aurora (wolf walkers version)

2. Icarus by Bastille

3. Choreomania by Florence + the machine

4. Weight of Living 1 and 2 by Bastille (I love them equally they get to share a spot)

5. Dorado by the last Bison

6. Sugar in a Bowl by Of monsters and Men

7. The Milk Carton by Madilyn Mei

- Honorable mentions (in no specific order)-

Spring and a Storm by Tally Hall

Bug Bear by Chloe Moriondo

Beetles and Snakes by Human Petting Zoo

The DJ is crying for help AJR

Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers

Rät by Penelope Scott

I like giants by Kimya Dawson

Imposter Syndome by Sidney Gish

Praying by Kesha

Es by Crying

Oom Sha La La by Hary Hendrickx

Could have been me by the Struts

Masterpiece theater 3 by Marianas Trench

Face my Fears by Hikaru Utada and Skrillex

Hurry Hurry by Air Traffic Controller

Always Gold by Radical Face

I bet on losing dog by Mitski

Flag Pole Sitta By Harvey Danger

If I believe you by the 1975

Chocolate by the 1975

Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied by the 1975

It's Alright by Mother Mother

Family by Mother Mother

Infinitesimal by Mother Mother

I Got Love by Mother Mother

The Knack by Mother Mother

It's Alright by Jack Stauber (trigger warning, this one causes me to disassociate and I dunno if it has the same affect on anyone else)

This is Home by Cavetown

Ur gonna wish you Believed me by cavetown

Boys will be Bugs by Cavetown

Devil Town by Cavetown

Hug all your friends by Cavetown

Heather by Conan Gray

Crush Culture by Conan Gray

Generation Why by Conan Gray

Let me Down slowly by Alec Benjamin

Devil Doesn't Bargain by Alec Benjamin

Must have been the wind by Alec Benjamin

Be Alright by Dean Lewis

How do I say Goodbye by Dean Lewis

Flaws by Bastille

Good Grief by Bastille

Bad Blood by Bastille

Of the Night Bastille

Survivin By Bastille

Things we Lost in the Fire by Bastille

Lethargy by Bastille

Get Home by Bastille

No Bad days by Bastille

Laura Palmer by Bastille

Shut off the lights by Bastille

Revolution by Bastille

Distorted Light Beam by Bastille

What Would you do by Bastille

Sleepsong by Bastille

Stay Awake? by Bastille

Grip by Seeb and Bastille

Doom Days by Bastille

What you gonna do by Bastille

Joy by Bastille

Cover of "Angels" by Bastille

(Proceeds to just keep throwing down more Bastille songs)

#if there is one take away I want you to get from this #its that Bastille will never not be my favorite Music artist #I don't care how popular they are #they are underrated #their songs kick me in the face with feels #they make me cry

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allthingsdarkanddirty · 1 year

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✩✩✩ RELEASE BLITZ ✩✩✩

Love and Other Kerfuffles

A Romantic Comedy Collection for Charity

Romance Café Collection Book 20

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61838737/

Hosted by DS Book Promotions

AMAZON

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Available on Kindle Unlimited

Description:

Is Cupid a lover or a fighter?

This Valentine’s Day affairs of the heart wind their way around workplace flings, turning enemies into romance, friends into lovers and shooting his darts at a certain best friend’s brother.

Kerfluffy is on the rampage, making cute ‘n’ fluffy appearances throughout this collection of romance stories bringing love and laughter to every Happily Ever After.

𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑼𝑺𝑨 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕-𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅-𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒎-𝒄𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒇𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

Participating Authors:

Authors: A.R. Bell Amilia Quinn Angela Breen Anna Volkin Annee Jones Bethany Monaco Smith Chelle Pimblott Cinna Stone D A Nelson Debra Deasey Diane Wiggs Guinevere Jordan Heather D’Agostino Harper Michaels Ireland Lorelei Jackie Paxson Jakki Frances Jan Halen Jewelz Baxter JK Lycke K McEvern Lestrade K.H. Anastasia Kate McWilliams Kimberly Ann Koko Heary Laura Marquez Diamond Lily Kindall Linda G. Hill Liz Alden LoLo Paige Melissa Kendall Michelle Ventura Rachel Blake Rachelle Wright RJ Gray Rubi Jade Ryleigh Sloan Sofia Aves Tasha Blythe Trinity Wood VK Holt

About The New Romance Cafe

The New Romance Café is the place to get your daily dose of romance books.

Hang out with like-minded readers and authors at different stages of their writing journey, in a diverse and inclusive group.

Find out about new releases, take part in fun discussions, and recommend your favourite reads in the safe space of the Café.

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playlistarchiver · 1 year

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12/03/22

no buses - arctic monkeys

new born - muse

heather - conan gray

work song - hoizer

this december - ricky montgomery

apocalypse - cigarettes after sex

you belong with me (taylors version) - taylor swift

snowman - sia

moral of the story - ashe

line without a hook - ricky montgomery

rosyln - bon iver, st. vincent

the night we meet - lord huron

i miss you - mt.mercy

airport - the drooms

to catch a predator - insane clown posse

where are the police - dirty revolution

jk - cryank

father - the frount bottoms

bound 2 - kanye west

heartless - kanye west

flashing lights - kanye west

father streach my hands pt. 1 - kanye west

true love - xxtententacion - kanye west

n***as in paris - kanye west

i wonder - kanye west

violent crime - kanye west

all falls down - kanye west

mememe - 100 gecs, laura les, dylan brady

untouched - the veronicas

im a mess - frank iero

lights and sounds - yellowcard

im not a vampire - falling in reverse

gods a pig - backstreet abortions

no leaders for the free - p.a.i.n

oh no! its the pigs! - p.a.i.n

punx with guns - p.a.i.n

jesus crist homosexual - corporate avenger

no - subhumans

so ya wanna be a cop? - leftover crack

1216 - echos

this christmas - tyler shaw

#music log #log #daily music log #song log #12/03/22 #december listening

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marleneoftheopera · 3 years

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1400 Followers Audio Gifts!

To thank you all for following me, being so wonderful, and just surviving a pandemic, here are some gifts from me!

I know I originally said I was going to do 10, but I got a good amount of requests and wanted to add in a few extra favorite audios of mine too. So you get 20! Sorry if I did not post your request; there were many!

If any need to be taken down, do let me know!

Here is the link to all of the audios, cast info is below!

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/a3xda9hu7mu3u/Gifts

The Phantom of the Opera

Michael Crawford, Rebecca Caine, Steve Barton October 10, 1987; London Listed as being Michael Crawford and Steve Barton's last before heading to New York to start rehearsals for Broadway. Beautiful soundboard audio. This is the complete version; there has previously been an incomplete one traded out.

Eiji Akutagawa, Kyoko Suzuki, Kanji Ishimaru September 22, 1991; Osaka Always here for Japanese love.

Hans Peter Janssens, Susanne Duwe, Michael Shawn Lewis, An Lauwreins, William Lynn Dixon, Marc Meersman, Arnst van Looy, Stephanie Tscheppe June 2, 2000; Antwerp, Belgium Final show in Belgium. Very nice cast all around.

Hugh Panaro, Adrienne McEwan, John Cudia, Patricia Phillips, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews, Marilyn Caskey, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Heather McFadden June 16, 2003; Broadway Hugh in his second Broadway run. Adrienne has become a favorite of mine and I think she never gets the credit she deserves, especially having been in the show for so long.

Hugh Panaro, Susan Owen (u/s), Kyle Barisich February 20, 2012; Broadway A lovely audio. Susan has such a sweet, light quality to her voice.

Hugh Panaro, Samantha Hill, Kyle Barisich, Michele McConnell, Greg Mills (u/s), Tim Jerome, Nathan Patrick Morgan (u/s), Carly Blake Sebouhian (u/s) April 6, 2013; Broadway More Hugh. You can never have enough Hugh.

Peter Joback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm, Karolina Andresson, Glenn Kjellberg, Rolf Lydhal, Sindre Postholm, Sanna Martin, Tehilla Blad, David Ingham, Samuel Jarrick, Martin Kagemark, John Martin Bengtsson February 1, 2017; Stockholm I loved this production so much.

Ben Forster, Celinde Schoenmaker, Nadim Naaman, Charlotte Vaughan (u/s, last Carlotta show), Sion Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Paul Ettore Tabone, Joanna Strand (u/s, last Madame Giry show), Daisy Hulbert August 31, 2017; London A few days before cast change. One of my favorite audios as of late.

Fred Johanson, Hanna Liina Vosa, John Martin Bengtsson, Hanna Leena Haapamaki, Dardan Bakraqi, David Lundqvist, Anders Wangdhal, Lana Zuzic, Gisela Sjostedt, Lars Hijertner, Marco Stella, Tobja Halsell, Peter Loguin January 26, 2018; Gotheborg From the non-replica production. With John as Raoul this time!

Scott Davies, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor, Lara Martins, Sean Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy May 31, 2018; London This is labeled as having Ben Lewis, but if you listen it’s really Scott.

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund, Martin Loft (u/s), Monsieur André, Anna Vaupel (u/s), Rasmus Jupin, Elisabeth Halling, Imogen-Lily Ash, Jesper Paasch, Kim Hammelsvang, Paul Frederiksen, Paul Frederiksen (u/s), Mia Karlsson (u/s) February 13, 2019; Copenhagen Compared to other audios, you can tell that Sibylle has really settled in the role and improved wonderfully. She sounds absolutely divine. An absolutely gorgeous cast.

Jonathan Roxmouth, Meghan Picerno, Matt Leisy September 3, 2019; Tel Aviv One of Meghan's last shows on the World Tour before she joined the Broadway company. Jonathan and Meghan sound particularly stunning on here, they keep getting better which is insane because they are already so good.

Tim Howar, Amy Manford (alt), Jeremy Taylor, Ross Dawes, Alan Vicary, Kimberly Blake, Paul Ettore Tabone, Jacinta Mulcahy, Georgia Ware September 7, 2019; London Amy Manford's last show, the last matinee for the 2018/19 cast. Just to be clear, this audio is different from the other that is NFT. Pretty nice quality too!

Love Never Dies

Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Joseph Millson, Liz Robertson, Summer Strallen, Niahm Perry, Adam Pearce, Jami Reid-Quarrell June 2, 2010; London A gift for all my Rierra/LND London fans out there.

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Louise Fribo, Christian Berg, Oscar Diez January 18, 2013; Copenhagen, Denmark This is an overlooked and gorgeous production. Also, after 'Love Never Dies' someone in the audience shouts "wow" and I think that captures it perfectly.

Evita

Emma Kingston (Eva), Ramin Karimloo (Che), Robert Finlayson (Peron), Anton Luiting (Magaldi), Isabella Jane (Mistress) July 4, 2018; Tokyo Emma as Eva and Ramin as Che. Some great casting there.

Anastasia

Annakathrin Naderer (u/s Anya), Thomas Hohler (Dimitry), Thorsten Tinney (Vlad), Mark Roy Luykx (u/s Gleb), Theresa Holter (Young Anastasia), Patricia Nessy (Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Masha Karrell (Dowager Empress Maria), Katja Hentschel (u/s Tsarina Alexandra), Kirill Zolygin (Tsar Nicholas II/Count Ipolitov), Helena Thordal Christenson (Olga Romanov), Alexandra Yoana-Alexandrovna (u/s Tatiana Romanov/Dunya), Laura Robinson (u/s Maria Romanov/Marfa), Mariana Hidemi (Anastasia, age 17/Paulina) August 10, 2019; Stuttgart I have yet to listen to this one yet, but I always love spreading love for foreign productions of shows.

Les Miserables

Kyle Jean-Baptiste (u/s Valjean), Earl Carpenter (Javert), Erika Henningsen (Fantine), Chris McCarrell (Marius), Samantha Hill (Cosette), Brennyn Lark (Eponine), Max Quinlan (u/s Enjolras), Gavin Lee (Monsieur Thenardier), and Rachel Izen (Madame Thenardier) August 13, 2015; Broadway A really great cast and Kyle deserves to be heard. He was brilliant and it is such a shame he passed so early on in his life.

John Owen-Jones (Jean Valjean), Michael Ball (Javert), Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine), Matt Lucas (Thenardier), Katy Secombe (Thenardier), Bradley Jaden (Enjolras), Craig Mather (Marius u/s), Shan Ako (Eponine), Lily Kerhoas (Cosette) Earl Carpenter (Bishop/Bamatabois) October 16, 2019; Staged Concert, Gielguld Theatre Gorgeous.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sheridan Smith (Narrator), Jason Donovan (Pharaoh), Jac Yarrow (Joseph), Femi Akinfolarin (Brother), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Wife), J.R. Ballantyne (Brother), Thalia Burt (Wife), Richard Carson (Reuben), Michael Cortez (Guard), Vanessa Fisher (Wife), Matt Krzan (Guard), Kelsie-Rae Marshall (Wife), Emily Ann Potter (Wife), Georgina Parkinson (Wife), Michael Pickering (Simeon), Harriet Samuel-Gray (Wife), Carl Spencer (Brother), Joshua Steel (Brother), Jack Wilcox (Brother), Blythe Jandoo (s/w Wife), Hannah Taylor (s/w Wife) July 17, 2019; London Jason coming back to the show as Pharaoh this time!

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