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here’s a wip bc this series has ruined my life;;
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laurent in lingerie
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I really need to make Captive Prince fanarts more often. Drawing Damen and Laurent together has something comforting for me even if it takes me way too much time 😅 Also, here is a little preview of what the Captive Prince standee might look like ✨
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This moment was so beautiful
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risky sparring
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watercolor comm 🖌 Ravenel 😚
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watching the road
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the Prince of Vere/the King of Akielos
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Wait we are already on chapter 9!
First came the thudding. Then, muffled, “He bit me,” a voice from behind the door—was that Nikandros? Laurent thought, who in the world would ever try to bite Nikandros?
Then it was Boots, the soothing deep baritone: “Will you just, for a moment, please,” interspersed with whispers Laurent could not catch. Shuffling. He discovered he was not breathing; that he paused, apparently, a long moment ago. Someone was coming. Someone who could make Boots sound so helpless.
A loud crash—Laurent attempted, unwisely, to leave the bed, then crumpled back like a house of cards, clutching his head. It, oh, but it was almost as though—
The door opened and in came Boots, and Nikandros, and between them was, “Nicaise?”
He tried to laugh, but the sound that came out of him was different, alarming and breathless. Nicaise had grown taller, and awkward where he never had been before, standing between the two Akielon giants like he was worried they would eat him. Suddenly Laurent was not laughing anymore.
“What,” he asked, anyone who would answer, but mostly Boots, “is the meaning of this?”
“He asked to see you,” Boots shrugged expansively. “Your uncle—”
“You look like shit,” Nicaise said, his voice catching.
“Well,” Laurent, “thanks. What are you doing here?”
“Your uncle sent him,” said Boots, same time as Nicaise said, “Are you really dying,” and Nikandros, “Perhaps it is best if—”
Laurent rolled his eyes (to his head’s strict disapproval). “I am not dying. Why don’t you sit down, little gnat? You must be tired. It’s a long journey from Arles.”
Nicaise scowled his normal scowl, and the rabid thing in Laurent’s chest settled, ever so slightly, far yet from cured. He wished, as he so often did around Nicaise, for Auguste. The thought was overpowering: this boy could use an older brother. Alas, Auguste was unavailable, and so Laurent gestured towards the chair with his non-gasping arm, and Nicaise even, miracle of miracles, took it.
“You may leave us,” Laurent informed the men keeping him captive. Predictably they obeyed.  
When the room has cleared, and it was only the two of them, Laurent opened his mouth to discover he did not know what to say. The most important questions were direct ones, and Nicaise was more likely to sing Vaskian sailor operas than answer those.
Did you escape, Laurent could not ask. He asked, “Did you escape?”
Damn his potion-addled tongue. And this peculiar, confusing new pinching in his gut.
Nicaise gave an ugly snort. The way he sat was incredibly telling: but why was he so nervous, unless—he was not treated well. Swallowing became an ordeal.
Where was an Auguste when you needed one.
“I didn’t escape,” Nicaise said, practiced, and also a hundred years too late to be entirely believable. “I was invited to come.”
“Really.”
“Yes! The Regent actually likes me, you see. You wouldn’t know what that’s like.”
“No,” Laurent said, “I wouldn’t,” and waited with strained patience. ‘Taller’ in Nicaise’s case still put him under the dwarven scale of ‘tiny’, but he did gain at least another inch in the past—however long it’s been. He must have been aware as much as Laurent that his time was running out.
Nicaise was frowning at the curtains. “Why is it so dark in here? It’s pathetic. Like you want to be a story-book’s damsel in distress.”
A burst of laughter nearly overwhelmed him. “Yes,” Laurent said, “that’s it, you caught me,” rather than explain how his head was about to crackle open and spill all its gore across the dim room, and right over Nicaise’s road-filthy tunic.
Laurent asked, “Can you even ride a horse? It’s a long way to Patras.”
“I can ride,” sulked Nicaise.
“And you want me to believe you made the whole journey on your own?”
“No,” grumpily. “I wasn’t alone. I came with the Regent’s guards. Martin says hi.”
Martin was a hellish brute that Nicaise would not be paid to speak to. Laurent had to be mindful not to frown. “I see,” he said. “Is he staying with us at the fort?”
“Ha, fat chance of me telling you anything. Better figure it out yourself, if you’re so clever.”
Preening, “Clever? Did my uncle tell you I’m clever, or is that your personal assessment? Nicaise, you think I’m clever?”
“Ugh,” the expected retort, but Nicaise did not seem half as hunted anymore, and so Laurent counted it a win. “You’re disgusting.”
“Truly, aren’t I. You reek by the way. Did they not offer you a bath?”
He could not flat-out ask—anything. Nicaise would clam up or spit venom, do anything but be honest.
“You reek. What rotten kind of medicine are they feeding you? Is that why you haven’t escaped yet, because you so like to be drugged and helpless?”
Ah. Sweet. Laurent said, “Are you worried about me? You shouldn’t be. I’ll be fine and dandy in no time. Did my uncle hear about the attempt, then?”
Chapter 9 is on the AO3 nearest you!
Well-polished
Laurent was just deciding whether or not he should bother staying alive when the door opened.
“Oh,” said the man who entered, “You’re awake.”
Laurent said, “Yes, quite,” and turned as far as he could with the chains, which was not very far. There was nowhere to conceal the rock he had sharpened, and so he closed his fist around it. “Should I not be?”
“Pardon?” a step towards him, and another. He could not see a face, couldn’t raise his head high enough for it, but the torchlight still fell on polished boots. A large man, probably very tall.
“Did you need me asleep. I could pretend, if it helps. I can be very convincing.”
“Can you,” somewhat amused.
Laurent made himself frown. “Yes, I have the snoring down to the dot. Shall I give you an example?”
“Please do.”
Closing his eyes to a slit, Laurent said, “Snore.”
The man gave a bark of laughter so hard it startled them both. “Oh,” he said, afterwards, “oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t expect you to—yes, that was convincing indeed.”
“Are you speaking in jest? I can’t see your expression. The collar, you know, it rather impedes the motion of my neck.”
A breath travelled between the stone walls. It was a small cell, sound should not echo within it—and yet. “I cannot unchain you,” the man said. “I don’t have the key.”
“Right. Was there another reason you came, then? Now that you’ve been convinced of my snoring.”
“I… well. I wanted to see if you were all right.”
“All right,” Laurent said flatly.
“Yes. I’m aware the question is rather silly. But you were obviously beaten badly before you were brought here, and I wanted to check if you were treated.”
“Treated?” Laurent swallowed a whole host of unhelpful remarks. “No bones were broken, if that’s what you mean.”
“No. I mean, I knew. I wanted to see if you were treated for pain.”
That stalled him for a moment, as he was possibly shocked, or more likely disoriented, unable to find the point of deceit. It was difficult to divine true motivation out of boots, no matter how well-polished. If he wanted to get anywhere at all, Laurent would need a face.
“I am not,” he said, “in much pain.”
“You are aware you’re still bleeding.”
“Yes, thank you. I never said the stickiness was pleasant. If you had a spare cloth I would be most grateful.”
“I—” the boots came closer. “Will you tell me your name?”
Laurent rolled his eyes to the floor. “Do you normally take prisoners without verifying their identity.”
“No. No, I don’t. You are not my prisoner.”
“Ah. Of course, as you are not the one with the key. You’re not simply employed by my captor, either.” The quality of leather suggested high-born at least. “In that case, you are either a co-conspirator, or.”
“Or?”
Laurent allowed himself to straighten up marginally. It hurt like a bastard in his shoulder, possibly re-opening the knife wound, and did not allow him to see above well-defined, stocky shins; it was, still, something he could do. “Or you are here to decide if you’ll help me.”
“Help you,” Boots said. “I cannot help you.”
“Because you don’t have the key,” Laurent said. “Yet.”
A long silence stretched between them, somehow also echoing in the small chamber. Perhaps the cell had grown when Laurent was unconscious; perhaps it had blown and blown until it was humongous, a cavern or a palace, empty and gleaming. Waiting to be filled with sounds, most likely screaming. The imaginings were strangely soothing; Laurent had to recall his wits before he lost track of this very important, possibly course-altering conversation.
“I must leave,” said the horribly non-cooperative owner of the boots. “I will be back. I’ll bring water. And some food.”
“Very gracious,” Laurent said, genuine and inordinately annoyed. “I will be right here.”
A choked sound, some shuffling, then the creaking of the door. Before it had the chance to close, Laurent said, “It is Laurent, by the way.”
The man almost ran back to him. “Pardon? What was that?”
“My name. You asked. If you’re still interested, it is Laurent.”
“Yes. Yes. Laurent.” In the part of conversation where a proper gentleman would give his own name, the man said, “Thank you,” and left, shutting the door carefully behind him. He seemed to possess that key, in any case, which meant he could probably obtain the other.
He was not a small man, which might be problematic when it came to one-on-one fisticuffs. Feet that large, and shins that thick, and the voice that came deep and sure: the man was either a giant, or a very near thing, and he was probably well-versed in fighting on top of it, because that was just Laurent’s luck. He would need more than simple strength to outdo him.
It would be much easier to plan with a face.
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A silly comic because I missed them so much and I'm rereading the series
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Chapter 7 now up!
Halden was a sizeable town, but by no means large. The fortunate location near the river Glomma allowed it commerce with inland Patras, Vask and even Akielos: the houses and establishments represented that to a mild scale. Here, a columned tavern advertising long pipes and khalis; there, a tarp-covered shop dedicated to Vaskian coupling liquor. Apparently the local delicacy was something called fist crab, which inspired a wary sort of curiosity. Laurent catalogued all he came across, slipping between shadowed alcoves to avoid the milling drunks outside the taverns.
Slipping was a generous term. Laurent’s usually controlled movements were disastrously uneven. One could say he was wobbling between alleyways, and even that would be sugar-coating the matter. Putting one foot in front of the other was a battle of wills: Laurent versus his legs, seemingly desperate to burst into flames. Laurent won (of course), and charged on, merciless. It was possible he developed a slight fever.
The high street was busy even in this hour, ship-crews and those who made good coin out of them. Laurent took a small detour to the waterfront, marked the four boats that looked easiest to sneak onto. He hid behind a rotting plank and listened to a truly mind-spinning hotchpotch of languages, managed to assemble some sort of schedule with a wide margin of error. One boat would (possibly) be departing in a couple of hours. It did not leave him long. But it was doable.
The residential part of town was far quieter, and mostly Patran in style. Further away from the sounds of lute, the smell of ale and fried crab, the general wine-scented hollering, there was only the moonlit cobblestone, and Laurent, on his search. White nightgown and red scarf, the ghost of Halden.
He should have kept better grasp on his surroundings.
Blame the fever; as he marched himself through the streets, he was aware only of the damned presence around his neck. The collar, too horrible to bear in mind, too tight to forget. He could not tolerate it a second longer. He needed it off. He needed—
A sound from behind had him whip round, a grand gesture, needless and costly. A cat. It was a cat. Black and white and pointy-eared, and still very much a cat. Laurent slapped himself, once, a ringing plea to regain his focus. Distractions and inattention, fever and broken body would come after. First he had to do this.
The smithy, he learned, was half-hidden behind the shoemaker’s shop. Nonsense directions from Eilert, of course, who had been to town four times, making him much more important and well-learned than Laurent. Laurent, laughing, conceded his victory, and Eilert did mope less afterwards, and even gave him this snippet of information. And here, behind the—cat—a sign. With a bad drawing of a boot.
“Thanks,” Laurent said, taken aback, and hurried out of the torchlight.
The smithy was a crumbling longhouse built bizarrely of metal that gave halfway in to rust. It was impossible to locate a door, and there was no light behind the windows. Abandoned, or worse, Laurent thought, and looked for a place from which he could break in to try and do it himself. Sure, without seeing the collar—and true that he lacked some experience with a blacksmith’s tools. But then again, how difficult could it be?
What Eilert failed to mention was that on the other side of the smithy was Halden’s worst, and only, brothel.
Because Laurent was Laurent, he arrived at this conclusion at the worst possible time. No, to be entirely honest: first, because he was Laurent, he made an already complicated plan blindingly elaborate, and hid his horse in the outskirts of town for reasons he could barely care enough to trace back.  
And so without a horse for emergency evacuation, and too far from the water, he could only watch as the brothel’s door cracked open, expelling a man. He was a ginormous specimen, fairly foreign to the calm night. Laurent recognised him immediately, although the same could not be said for Govart. His face took a long moment to stretch from a scowl to an open O of shock, and then settle into a smirk.
“Well,” he said, “if it isn’t our little princess.” Already he was too close.
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what if I promised it will all end well? As in, in the end. Will it make you feel better? 😔
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Laurent was just deciding whether or not he should bother staying alive when the door opened.
“Oh,” said the man who entered, “You’re awake.”
Laurent said, “Yes, quite,” and turned as far as he could with the chains, which was not very far. There was nowhere to conceal the rock he had sharpened, and so he closed his fist around it. “Should I not be?”
“Pardon?” a step towards him, and another. He could not see a face, couldn’t raise his head high enough for it, but the torchlight still fell on polished boots. A large man, probably very tall.
“Did you need me asleep. I could pretend, if it helps. I can be very convincing.”
“Can you,” somewhat amused.
Laurent made himself frown. “Yes, I have the snoring down to the dot. Shall I give you an example?”
“Please do.”
Closing his eyes to a slit, Laurent said, “Snore.”
The man gave a bark of laughter so hard it startled them both. “Oh,” he said, afterwards, “oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t expect you to—yes, that was convincing indeed.”
“Are you speaking in jest? I can’t see your expression. The collar, you know, it rather impedes the motion of my neck.”
A breath travelled between the stone walls. It was a small cell, sound should not echo within it—and yet. “I cannot unchain you,” the man said. “I don’t have the key.”
“Right. Was there another reason you came, then? Now that you’ve been convinced of my snoring.”
“I… well. I wanted to see if you were all right.”
“All right,” Laurent said flatly.
“Yes. I’m aware the question is rather silly. But you were obviously beaten badly before you were brought here, and I wanted to check if you were treated.”
“Treated?” Laurent swallowed a whole host of unhelpful remarks. “No bones were broken, if that’s what you mean.”
“No. I mean, I knew. I wanted to see if you were treated for pain.”
That stalled him for a moment, as he was possibly shocked, or more likely disoriented, unable to find the point of deceit. It was difficult to divine true motivation out of boots, no matter how well-polished. If he wanted to get anywhere at all, Laurent would need a face.
“I am not,” he said, “in much pain.”
“You are aware you’re still bleeding.”
“Yes, thank you. I never said the stickiness was pleasant. If you had a spare cloth I would be most grateful.”
“I—” the boots came closer. “Will you tell me your name?”
Laurent rolled his eyes to the floor. “Do you normally take prisoners without verifying their identity.”
“No. No, I don’t. You are not my prisoner.”
“Ah. Of course, as you are not the one with the key. You’re not simply employed by my captor, either.” The quality of leather suggested high-born at least. “In that case, you are either a co-conspirator, or.”
“Or?”
Laurent allowed himself to straighten up marginally. It hurt like a bastard in his shoulder, possibly re-opening the knife wound, and did not allow him to see above well-defined, stocky shins; it was, still, something he could do. “Or you are here to decide if you’ll help me.”
“Help you,” Boots said. “I cannot help you.”
“Because you don’t have the key,” Laurent said. “Yet.”
A long silence stretched between them, somehow also echoing in the small chamber. Perhaps the cell had grown when Laurent was unconscious; perhaps it had blown and blown until it was humongous, a cavern or a palace, empty and gleaming. Waiting to be filled with sounds, most likely screaming. The imaginings were strangely soothing; Laurent had to recall his wits before he lost track of this very important, possibly course-altering conversation.
“I must leave,” said the horribly non-cooperative owner of the boots. “I will be back. I’ll bring water. And some food.”
“Very gracious,” Laurent said, genuine and inordinately annoyed. “I will be right here.”
A choked sound, some shuffling, then the creaking of the door. Before it had the chance to close, Laurent said, “It is Laurent, by the way.”
The man almost ran back to him. “Pardon? What was that?”
“My name. You asked. If you’re still interested, it is Laurent.”
“Yes. Yes. Laurent.” In the part of conversation where a proper gentleman would give his own name, the man said, “Thank you,” and left, shutting the door carefully behind him. He seemed to possess that key, in any case, which meant he could probably obtain the other.
He was not a small man, which might be problematic when it came to one-on-one fisticuffs. Feet that large, and shins that thick, and the voice that came deep and sure: the man was either a giant, or a very near thing, and he was probably well-versed in fighting on top of it, because that was just Laurent’s luck. He would need more than simple strength to outdo him.
It would be much easier to plan with a face.
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robbingprince · 3 months ago
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ANOTHER VON TRAPPED CHAPTER?? Sickening.
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Chapter 6 is up!
Morning dawned on the day Laurent had marked for his escape. He rose early, and tested his legs: still rather miserable, but operative. They will hold. His muscles ached, but they will do. He will be quite conspicuous in his night gown, especially with the collar, and possibly his hair; first step of his plan was to find the nearest town anyway. He could steal some clothes before morning. If he got a horse.
There were contingencies upon contingencies. If he failed to locate the stables, he will turn to the woods to the east. If he hurt himself during the fall, he would find a place to hide at the servants’ quarters, conveniently located on the ground floor, as per Eilert. If, then. Laurent was good at improvisations.
All that meant he only had today to gather information. There were so many questions still plaguing his thoughts. His pending escape and the next step of his return to Arles relied on what he would find.
He greeted Boots that day with slightly more enthusiasm than before, which was noted, and, if Laurent was not sorely mistaken, grandly flummoxing to the giant man. All he said was:
“Boots, I demand to be entertained.”
“By me?”
“Who else? Do not play coy. You’re the best source of entertainment around here.”
“Am I?”
His audible delight was almost endearing. “No, I was being generous. Even Nikandros is better; you vex me more often than not. But I would rather be vexed by you than alone, if it makes you feel better.”
“You know, it really does.”
And he sounded sincere, which, on Boots, was something Laurent was getting distressingly accustomed to. Of course, sounding sincere and being sincere were two entirely different things, barely related. He also sounded fond, which allowed Laurent a little more room to ask, innocently, “How did you learn to speak my language so well?”
Boots settled down on the seat nearest his bed. “Does my mind deceive me, or was that a compliment?”
“Deceived, of course. I meant it as insult.”
“Of course.”
“And the answer to my question?”
Boots was grinning: his voice was thick with it. “My father insisted. It was mostly about Knowing Your Enemy, but I found it thrilling for a slightly different reason.”
“Our vast collections of erotica novels, I imagine.”
“I didn’t—” he made an aborted sound that was almost a squeal. Would he be blushing right now, Laurent did not wonder. “I always enjoyed learning languages.”
“And, naturally, to get the hang of a language one would have to practice.”
“I had good tutors.”
Laurent hummed. “And your accent? It points quite clearly up north.”
“What is it exactly you wish to know? I will tell you if you asked.”
“All right,” Laurent said pleasantly. “You have been in contact with Veretians recently. I suppose the question is who. I can say for certain they were not my men.”
Boots swallowed. “I told you before,” he said, careful, “I never met your uncle.”
“Say I believed that. You must have been conferring with his agents, then. We can make a game of this: I will say one name at a time and wait for your obvious and reliably telling gasp.”
“I—”
“You had been sneaking into my cell,” Laurent said. “You spoke of being seen and being expected. Obviously, by some other entity already in the fort. If your king were truly to suspect me of the murder of his son, I would not be in Patras, whiling away the time; no, the people you were performing for were not Akielon. That leaves Patras, or Vere.”
“So it was less my accent that led you to this conclusion after all.”
“Yes, I just thought you would enjoy the razzle-dazzle.”
Boots didn’t say anything for a while. Then, “What of Vask?”
“Vask, indeed. And Kempt. The summer Isles. Let us not waste time: we both know the person who wants me gone most is Veretian.”
“Why ask if you already know everything?” Bitterly.
“I still lack some pieces of the puzzle. For example, what you stand to gain. You would know by now I had nothing to do with the poisoning, if you had any brains, even if that was your initial intention. Why keep me here, and allude to a mysterious man who wishes to hurt me, as though you are so opposed, and hide your face the whole time? None of it makes sense.”
“Perhaps,” Boots said, “I struggle to understand it all too.”
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Laurent was just deciding whether or not he should bother staying alive when the door opened.
“Oh,” said the man who entered, “You’re awake.”
Laurent said, “Yes, quite,” and turned as far as he could with the chains, which was not very far. There was nowhere to conceal the rock he had sharpened, and so he closed his fist around it. “Should I not be?”
“Pardon?” a step towards him, and another. He could not see a face, couldn’t raise his head high enough for it, but the torchlight still fell on polished boots. A large man, probably very tall.
“Did you need me asleep. I could pretend, if it helps. I can be very convincing.”
“Can you,” somewhat amused.
Laurent made himself frown. “Yes, I have the snoring down to the dot. Shall I give you an example?”
“Please do.”
Closing his eyes to a slit, Laurent said, “Snore.”
The man gave a bark of laughter so hard it startled them both. “Oh,” he said, afterwards, “oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t expect you to—yes, that was convincing indeed.”
“Are you speaking in jest? I can’t see your expression. The collar, you know, it rather impedes the motion of my neck.”
A breath travelled between the stone walls. It was a small cell, sound should not echo within it—and yet. “I cannot unchain you,” the man said. “I don’t have the key.”
“Right. Was there another reason you came, then? Now that you’ve been convinced of my snoring.”
“I… well. I wanted to see if you were all right.”
“All right,” Laurent said flatly.
“Yes. I’m aware the question is rather silly. But you were obviously beaten badly before you were brought here, and I wanted to check if you were treated.”
“Treated?” Laurent swallowed a whole host of unhelpful remarks. “No bones were broken, if that’s what you mean.”
“No. I mean, I knew. I wanted to see if you were treated for pain.”
That stalled him for a moment, as he was possibly shocked, or more likely disoriented, unable to find the point of deceit. It was difficult to divine true motivation out of boots, no matter how well-polished. If he wanted to get anywhere at all, Laurent would need a face.
“I am not,” he said, “in much pain.”
“You are aware you’re still bleeding.”
“Yes, thank you. I never said the stickiness was pleasant. If you had a spare cloth I would be most grateful.”
“I—” the boots came closer. “Will you tell me your name?”
Laurent rolled his eyes to the floor. “Do you normally take prisoners without verifying their identity.”
“No. No, I don’t. You are not my prisoner.”
“Ah. Of course, as you are not the one with the key. You’re not simply employed by my captor, either.” The quality of leather suggested high-born at least. “In that case, you are either a co-conspirator, or.”
“Or?”
Laurent allowed himself to straighten up marginally. It hurt like a bastard in his shoulder, possibly re-opening the knife wound, and did not allow him to see above well-defined, stocky shins; it was, still, something he could do. “Or you are here to decide if you’ll help me.”
“Help you,” Boots said. “I cannot help you.”
“Because you don’t have the key,” Laurent said. “Yet.”
A long silence stretched between them, somehow also echoing in the small chamber. Perhaps the cell had grown when Laurent was unconscious; perhaps it had blown and blown until it was humongous, a cavern or a palace, empty and gleaming. Waiting to be filled with sounds, most likely screaming. The imaginings were strangely soothing; Laurent had to recall his wits before he lost track of this very important, possibly course-altering conversation.
“I must leave,” said the horribly non-cooperative owner of the boots. “I will be back. I’ll bring water. And some food.”
“Very gracious,” Laurent said, genuine and inordinately annoyed. “I will be right here.”
A choked sound, some shuffling, then the creaking of the door. Before it had the chance to close, Laurent said, “It is Laurent, by the way.”
The man almost ran back to him. “Pardon? What was that?”
“My name. You asked. If you’re still interested, it is Laurent.”
“Yes. Yes. Laurent.” In the part of conversation where a proper gentleman would give his own name, the man said, “Thank you,” and left, shutting the door carefully behind him. He seemed to possess that key, in any case, which meant he could probably obtain the other.
He was not a small man, which might be problematic when it came to one-on-one fisticuffs. Feet that large, and shins that thick, and the voice that came deep and sure: the man was either a giant, or a very near thing, and he was probably well-versed in fighting on top of it, because that was just Laurent’s luck. He would need more than simple strength to outdo him.
It would be much easier to plan with a face.
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Writing fic again? What is this, 2023?
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Hello everyone! Was so happy to hear a lot of people liked my book bind for captive prince. Started reading it to give it a chance, only ever saw snippets of it on tik tok and wow did I ready the trilogy so fast 😂 Just wanted to come on here to post all sides of book 1 and maybe start sharing some artwork and other projects I’m doing. First time doing this so I made some mistakes but always learning ❤️ Thank you to my sis for giving me the confidence to share 😂
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