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Dalma

  • Next Came Respect (E2)

    Dalma never expected to run into a monster in the woods. Even less did she expect that monster to turn into a child…

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  • Next Came Respect (E1)

    Lieutenant Abdal of the Noble Bethania’s guard cursed under eir breath when ey saw who was approaching. For reasons they had not explained to em — not that Abdal needed any — the Noble Bethania and eir new pledged, Lilah, had chosen to stop for several days just over the border of Balule and a…

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  • Next Came Respect (Cover)

    Instant dislike and instant attraction. A debt that can’t be repaid. Nosy siblings and demanding grandmothers. It’s a recipe for an enemies-to-lovers romance. With Dalma’s life turned upside down, ey wants nothing from the too-handsome Lieutenant Abdal but answers. If only Abdal wasn’t such an ass. But too-quick judgements can be undone and new understandings…

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  • First Came Trust audio version (Part 1)

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  • Snippet Week Day 2: Next Came Respect

    Next Came Respect is the sequel to First Came Trust. Like First, it’ll be a short story, a single season with less than 10 episodes. Next Came Respect Snippet Dalma didn’t care what these people called it. They had made eir sibling a slave and made Lilah’s slavery the price for Dalma and Sherzod’s safety.…

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  • First Came Trust (Finale)

    Story Content Notes: Story Content Notes: suicidal character, dubious consent (nonsexual situation) Long minutes after Abdal road ahead, Lilah was still reeling from eir revelation — revelations? — that Abdal was also a monster. That there were more of them, that Lady Bethania knew enough that Abdal would release eir beast where Bethania could see……

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  • First Came Trust (E5)

    Story Content Notes: Story Content Notes: suicidal character, dubious consent (nonsexual situation) The siblings took some time to get settled into the wagon. It was, as they had been warned, crowded. The wagon wasn’t a large one, and it was still piled with bags and bundles — though at least all the boxes had been…

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  • First Came Trust (E4)

    Story Content Notes: Story Content Notes: suicidal character, dubious consent (nonsexual situation) Lilah swallowed and made emself meet the soldier’s eyes. “Ey… She said that her people would understand.” ” ‘She’!” Dalma erupted. Lilah and the soldier both ignored em, ignored Sherzod’s attempt to step forward and push the soldier back. Dalma grabbed Lilah’s hand,…

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  • First Came Trust (E3)

    Story Content Notes: Story Content Notes: suicidal character, dubious consent (nonsexual situation) While Lilah slept, pledged emself to Noble Bethania, and slept again, eir siblings rested in the shade of another pavilion. More of a tarp than a pavilion, in truth. An internal wall from Bethania’s pavilion, held up by four stout poles with blankets…

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  • First Came Trust (E1)

    First Came Trust is the, well, first, in a trilogy about three siblings surviving and rebuilding among strange people in a strange land. Lilah knew ey was dead the moment ey met the creature in the woods. Ey never expected eir doom to overtake eir siblings as well. A stranger on the road may offer…

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