#Roux Hartman

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Winter does strange things to big cities, makes them dreamlike. Granted, the hustle and bustle of the city never stops (time itself would screech to a halt if it did) but in the morning- if you time it just right- there are patches of fresh snow without so much as a single footprint marking the snowy expanse. 

For a moment you can pretend that, despite being in a city of millions of people, that small patch of white belongs only to you. 

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Bee’s TBR List

Key:

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🖋️ - books I want to annotate

🍯 - books I’d be rereading

🍋 - books my mom really wants me to read

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Classical Mythology A to Z - Annette Giesecke, Jim Tierney

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Folklore And Symbolism Of Flowers, Plants, And Trees - Ernst Lehner, Johanna Lehner

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An Unexpected Cookbook - Chris-Rachael Oseland

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The World Encyclopedia Of Knives, Daggers, And Bayonets - Tobias Dr. Capwell

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The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady - Edith Holden

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Botanical Shakespeare - Gerit Quealy, Sumi Hasegawa Collins

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Plant Lore And Legend - Ruth Binney

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The Big, Bad Book Of Botany - Michael Largo

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Useless Magic - Florence Welsh

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The Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia C. Wrede

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Botanical Folk Tales - Schneidau

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Floriography - Jessica Roux

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Celtic Tales - Kate Forrester

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And In That Universe, I Memorized My Heartbeat - Louisa Goodey

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Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett 🍯

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1984 - George Orwell 🖋️

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Macbeth - William Shakespeare 🖋️

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Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 🍯🖋️

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Picture Of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde 🖋️

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The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 🖋️

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The Count Of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 🍯🖋️

The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 🖋️

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Indian Love Poems - Meena Alexander 🍯🖋️

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Norse, Celtic Mythology & Runes - Sofia Visconti

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Greek Mythology - Liv Albert, Sara Richard

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An Artless Demise - Anna Lee Huber

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Good Omens - Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

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House Of Salt And Sorrows - Erin A. Craig

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Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust

Girls Made Of Snow And Glass - Melissa Bashardoust

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The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich

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Huntress - Melinda Lo

Ash - Melinda Lo

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Of Fire And Stars - Audrey Coulthurst

Of Ice And Shadows - Audrey Coulthurst

Inkmistress - Audrey Coulthurst

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The Priory Of The Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

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Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch - Rivka Galchen

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The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

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To Kill A Kingdom - Alexandra Christo

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The Lord Of The Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

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Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Blood Like Magic - Liselle Sambury

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Books I already own:

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Akata Warrior - Nnedi Okorafor

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Flyte - Angie Sage

Physik - Angie Sage

Queste - Angie Sage

Syren - Angie Sage

Darke - Angie Sage

Fyre - Angie Sage

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Seraphina - Rachel Hartman

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Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

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Hunting Prince Dracula - Kerri Maniscalco

Escaping From Houdini - Kerri Maniscalco

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My Plain Jane - Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow 🍋

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Labrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova

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Battle Mage - Peter A. Flannery 🍋

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Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen 🍋

The Peach Keeper - Sarah Addison Allen 🍋

Lost Lake - Sarah Addison Allen 🍋

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Theft of Swords - Michael J. Sullivan 🍋

Rise of Empire - Michael J. Sullivan 🍋

Heir of Novron - Michael J. Sullivan 🍋

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Traitor to the Trone - Alwyn Hamilton

Hero at the Fall - Alwyn Hamilton

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Guardian of the West - David Eddings

Sorceress of Darshiva - David Eddings

The Seeress of Kell - David Eddings

Demon Lord of Karanda - David Eddings

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The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi

The Star-Touched Queen - Roshani Chokshi

A Crown of Wishes - Roshani Chokshi

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson 🖋️

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Romeo And Juliet - William Shakespeare🖋️

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Died in the Wool - Ngaio Marsh

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Books Read in 2017

I really don’t know what else to say at this point. Other than I toned it down a bit from last year. ;)

OH actually: I noticed I was being a failure at listing the illustrators of graphic novels. So I’ll try to do that from now on. I apologize to all those artists I’ve neglected to include in my bylines, but thankfully I believe you are all listed on the linked pages. Which is better than no credit at all....

Total: 144

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation ed. Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick

But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman

Culture and Customs of Korea by Donald N. Clark

Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940 by Grace Elizabeth Hale

サイレントヒル by Sadamu Yamashita

A History of Nepal by John Whelpton

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

I Little Slave: A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos by Bounsang Khamkeo

Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More by Dustin Hansen

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

DC Universe: Rebirth - The Deluxe Edition writ. Geoff Johns, illus. Gary Frank, Ethan van Sciver, Ivan Reis, and Phil Jimenez

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Pegasus by Robin McKinley

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Silver Child, Silver City, and Silver World by Cliff McNish

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa by I. M. Lewis

Uzumaki Vols. 1, 2, and 3 by Junji Ito

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman

One-Eyed Doll by James Preller

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J. K. Rowling

Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

The Vikings: A History by Robert Ferguson

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1-5 and The Kane Chronicles #1-3 by Rick Riordan

Draw The Line by Laurent Linn

Somalia: A Nation Driven to Despair: A Case of Leadership Failure by Mohamed Osman Omar

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology by Valerie C. Scanlon and Tina Sanders

Ultraviolet and Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson

Harmony House by Nic Sheff

Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda by Scott Peterson

Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca

Cultures of the World: Somalia by Susan M. Hassig and Zawiah Abdul Latif

The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away by Abdi Roble and Doug Rutledge

Half Bad by Sally Green

The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800 by Christopher Ehret

Omega City by Diana Peterfreund

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Dragons of Noor by Janet Lee Carey

Asylum, Sanctum, Catacomb, and The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence, and the Legacy of Slavery by Catherine Besteman

A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom

Unnatural Creatures ed. Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture by Heather Marie Akou

The Foundry’s Edge by Cam Baity and Benny Zelkowicz

Diagnoses From the Dead: The Book of Autopsy by Richard A. Prayson

House of Secrets by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini

The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin

A Silent Voice #2-7 by Yoshitoki Oima (read the first one last year)

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings

Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by Rebecca Romney and J. P. Romney

The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Things Happen by Eric Liu

The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI by Colin Evans

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class - And What We Can Do About It by Richard Florida

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examiner by Frederick Zugibe and David L. Carroll

Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture - And What We Can Do About It by Kate Harding

ワンパンマン Vol. 1 - 3 writ. ONE illus. Yusuke Murata

Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America by Elliot Jaspin

Forensic Nurse: The New Role of the Nurse in Law Enforcement by Serita Stevens

So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme, and the Murder that Shocked the World by Peter Graham

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Beyond Monongah: An Appalachian Story by Judith Hoover

Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favelli and Francesca Cavallo

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley

Inferno by Dan Brown

Paper Girls Vol. 1 writ. Brian K. Vaughn, illlus. Cliff Chiang, Jared K. Fletcher, Matthew Wilson

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Warcross by Mary Lu

Life on Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani

Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide by David and Dawn Griffiths

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting it Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser

Coding for Beginners in Easy Steps: Basic Programming for All Ages by Mike McGrath

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening writ. Marjorie Liu, illus. Sana Takeda

Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan

Native Son by Richard Wright

Courage is Contagious: And Other Reasons to be Grateful for Michelle Obama ed. Nick Haramis

This is the Part Where You Laugh by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filipovic

Coding for Dummies by Nikhil Abraham

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Artemis by Andy Weir

Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom

C Programming: Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Greg Perry and Dean Miller

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island, and Other Ancient Monuments by Lynne Kelly

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

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siblings for alessia Cara?

Christian Novelli - Non binary

Olly Alexander - Non binary

Male

Kevin Jonas

Francisco Lachowski - Half

Sawyer Hartman

Jaymi Hensley

Alex Libby

Nick Roux

Daniel Kelly

Female

Savannah Brown

Isabelle Fuhrman

Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir

Magdalena Zalejska

Antonia Iacobescu

Mallory Jansen

Caitlin Stasey

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Chester Braden. She remembered running into him at the some fundraiser or another, though she couldn’t quite recall wether or not they’d been formally introduced. Granted, any introduction to the charming real estate  mogul was nothing more than a formality- it was impossible not to know about him.

“Mr. Braden, what a lovely suprise.” she spoke, pulling her eyebrows together in confusion. “Is this propostion of  yours business related or personal?”

“Think of it more as an investment.”

“Ah, I see…” So business. Great. How had he even gotten this number? “Mr. Braden I hope you don’t take this personally but I’d like to set the precedent of directing all business-related calls to my office as opposed to my personal phone… I’m sure you understand.”

“Indeed I do. Under ordinary circumstance I would be more than happy to oblige but… Well lets just say I wanted to get in contact with you directly.”

“I see…” she muttered, pulling her eyebrows together. “What exactly is your proposition?” her free hand rubbed lightly against the nape of her neck.  

“Join me for dinner and I’ll tell you all about it. How does 8pm at Enschede sound?”

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oH hAI hOniE

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Roux all but collapsed into the warm embrace of her chair, fingers and nose still numb from the bite of the air outside. These moments when she had time to relax from the relentless movement of the city were few and far between. She melted into her seat, letting her head roll to the side so that she could look out at the snow dusted San Myshuno…

Ring

Ring

Ring

Roux snapped her head to glare at her phone hoping that the look alone would intimidate the caller into hanging up. Alas, no such luck. She groaned and checked the caller ID: Unknown. 

Great. I swear to God if it’s someone trying to sell me something I’m going to fucking throw a...  

“Hello?”

“Hello, I’m looking for Ms. Roux Hartman.” A deep, unfamiliar voice spoke on on the other end of the line.

“This is she. Who do I have the pleasure speaking with?” She asked, tapping a single manicured finger against her hip.  

“Chester Braden, I believe we coincided at an event a few years back. I have a proposition for you...”   

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“Thank you.” Roux managed after a period of standing shared silence with Rachid. 

“For what?” 

“For flying in on such short notice.” she continued, her voice unsteady. “I don’t think I could do this without you.” 

Rachid shook his head slightly, “That man practically raised me. Coming here, being with your family right now? It’s the least I could do after everything he did for me.”  

“I think I can remember him asking if you were actually homeless or an orphan or something.” Roux chuckled. “God you were always at our place.”

Rachid nodded. “Your dad even cleared out a drawer for me at one point and asked if I wanted to leave some over-night stuff since the three of us were always having last minute sleep overs.” he laughed. 

“Honestly we might’ve aged him prematurely with what we put him through.” Roux smiled sadly. “I just can’t believe he’s...” she stopped herself mid-sentence and tried to steady her breathing. 

“Hey, it’s ok..” Rachid pulled her into a hug. “I’m here for you Red, I’ll always be here for you.”

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Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to skinny dip with you again

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Big mood tbh

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“Mom I don’t think she’s ready.” Roux chuckled as Penelope tried for the thousandth time to try and teach Cassia to walk. So far they’d gotten nowhere but hey, 11823 times’s the charm, right? 

“No she’s ready, I can feel it.” Penelope insisted, clapping her hands together to get the toddler’s attention. “C’mon my little flower pot I need you to help prove your mother wrong.” 

Jole smiled, eyes shining with amusement. He had his doubts about Cassia being able to walk this soon, sure. But after 25 years of marriage he knew better than to question her judgement. 

A wise decision too, seeing as Cassia decided to take her first wobbly step that very same second. 

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A ‘traditional dish’ they said.

‘It’s only a samosa’ they said. 

All Roux had to ask was why, as in ‘Why on God’s green earth would anyone do this to themselves on purpose.’ 

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SLEEPING WITH THIS STRANGER I JUST MET IS A GREAT PLAN THAT I WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT REGRET AT ALL

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For some reason, Roux’d half expected life to be easier now that she’d won her first major election. She couldn’t have been more wrong. As Feng soon informed her, there was always another election, another rung in the political ladder to be climbed. She was never off the campaign trail, not even when there wasn’t an election in sight. 

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The results for the election were announced that night: “It’s our pleasure to announce... Councilwoman Roux Hartman!” 

The rest of the night seemed to go by in a flurry of handshakes and congratulations, over as soon as it began or at least that’s how it felt. Brittni seemed almost as excited as Roux was was to hear the news, her face beaming for hours after the results were announced. 

Brittni and Tetsu invited Roux back to their apartment afterwards to celebrate the success of the evening in the best way the trio knew how: alcohol.

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