his found family is good for him. His little ball of anxiety is learning to laugh, and let go of a little perfect control. Personally I think that's Matt's doing, he adores Simon so much that it just... works
Chapter Eleven: HGTV (Heavenly/Gehenna Timeshare Vessel)
The kitchen had finally settled into something approaching calm. Belial and Gabriel were huddled over a stack of documents that glowed and smoked respectively, arguing in low voices about filing deadlines and precedent citations. Tyler had made his seventeenth cup of tea and was leaning against the counter, watching the chaos with the exhausted patience of a man who had long ago accepted that his life made no sense. Matt was c
There is a reason Rashid is the way he is. And Khalid is... as oblivious as he is.
With the Eldest untouchable, and Ishan closely guarded by his father, which brother got the punishments intended for the other two? Rashid is bitter but it is a weapon shaped by their Grandfather.
19 chapters in this one, we are closing in on the end of book one.
Two more books about the Crusade
one about coming home from it
And I am writing something special for @Seraph28 who asked me to, set in this world, and since he is my loyal Beta Reader, his wish is so decreed.
Fadil was the only one who understood his son. Arslan only sees a woman in a man's body and despises it. And Rashid sees opportunity. Khalid, he's too much like his father. And Ishan, our Sorcerer Prince is going to have to find strength to defy them all.
Ch17
The brazier had burned low, and Ishan could not sleep.
He sat in the darkness of his chambers, watching the embers pulse like a dying heartbeat, and tried to quiet the storm in his mind. Three days since the failed attack. Three days since the blind boy had walked into his working and shattered it with nothing more than his presence. Three days since he'd given water to the enemy and watched his brothers' victory turn to ash.
His father had said nothing. Had simpl
I look at it as Ishan is HIGHLY trained. Wylan is more instinctual power. The Fatamid Sisters of the Nile are that classic witch trio. And Morwenna is a Blood witch of corruption. There's a different path to magic for each of them and it keeps things fresh for me writing.
Pip's ensuring they are and protecting Charlie in the process. No one can deny/wipe Charlie after it's publicly consummated like that.
Simon is absolutely going to boink Matt into next week if it means keeping him safe. Rules and colour coding be damned.