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  1. Public Bookmark 24

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    Kaz Brekker’s instructions are easy enough.

    Pick the lock. Compromise Van Eck’s computer. Get out.

    And, as usual, Jesper follows them to the best of his ability.

    Or, the one where Jesper breaks into Jan Van Eck's office and finds someone else already getting up to something inside.

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    23 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 17

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    At the very top, in the attic rooms, a silhouette can be made out through the translucent curtains.

    All night Wylan's been keyed up, unable to sit still or focus. But the sight of his old friend, exactly where he’s meant to be, gives him a sense of clarity he hasn’t felt since he heard the news of his father’s release.

    This is where he wants to be. The only place he can fathom being.

    OR: wylan's father is released from prison a few weeks early. although they've been politically opposed as of late, he seeks out kaz for something approaching comfort.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Jesper always wondered when he would meet his soulmate. When someone else's panicked thoughts interrupt him in the middle of lunch, he knows his soulmate is close at last.

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    13 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    The bell over the door chimed like it always did—soft, apologetic, a little old-fashioned for a shop surrounded by cafés with minimalist signage and espresso machines that hissed like offended cats.

    Kaz looked up automatically from the ledger he was pretending to balance.

    “Inej,” Kaz said, before he could stop himself.

    She smiled when she saw him, bright and unguarded, the kind of smile that made the rest of the shop feel like a set dressing. “Kaz.”

    From behind the counter, Jordie made a loud, theatrical sound of suffering. “You greet her like she’s a regular customer.”

    “She is a regular customer,” Kaz shot back.

    “She’s here more often than our suppliers,” Jordie said. “I’m just saying. If we charged rent—”

    “Hi, Jordie,” Inej interrupted pleasantly.

    Jordie grinned. “My favorite sociology menace. What’s the damage today?”

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    The Rietveld brothers run a bookstore in the bustling city of Amsterdam. Inej is an overworked, harried university student that needs a quiet place to study, more than anything else.

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    13 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    Wylan just hummed, pressing into the hickey slightly, “Does it hurt?”

    “No,” Jesper whispered back.

    “What does it feel like, then?”

    Jesper brought one of his hands back into Wylan’s hair, his other finding purchase on his waist. “Do you want me to show you?”

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    Wylan asks Jesper for help practicing kissing. What could possibly go wrong?

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    12 Jun 2026