Image of Countess Jahlene n'Erida from The Bargain. Brown skinned fae with black hair in updo and green eyes. She's wearing a wide necked blue dress with gold decorations. She stares directly at the viewer while playing with a loose lock of hair. Text: “You have not failed. We failed.”

The Bargain (S4, Cover)

Image of Countess Jahlene n'Erida from The Bargain. Brown skinned fae with black hair in updo and green eyes. She's wearing a wide necked blue dress with gold decorations. She stares directly at the viewer while playing with a loose lock of hair. Text: “You have not failed. We failed.”

Mattin’s triumph in the fae court quickly turned to disaster. He and Jahlene will need to find their feet quickly, because their final confrontation with Oeloff is coming soon. If they can beat Oeloff at his own game, they’ll save Mattin’s sister and only need to wait out the court season until they can go home to safety.

/If/.

Season 4 of The Bargain starts now.


The Bargain webserial is a low fantasy story about family, healing, and acceptance. It includes kink, polyamory, fictional slavery, and explicit sexual scenes.


Mattin was tired of failing. Brit would tell him he was wallowing, and he knew it. But every time he seemed to be making progress, doing better, he’d lose control and screw up again.

And he couldn’t help but wonder how long it would be before Jahlene grew tired of it…

No. Mattin straightened as he strode down the gilded and carpeted halls of the fae palace. He would not think that way. Yes, he’d struggled, but he had still made it here. He had /seen/ Marta and knew she was whole. They had a plan to rescue her.

He just needed to see it through.

Mattin was so intent on his thoughts he ran into someone coming the other way. They bounced off him, a startled ‘oof’ escaping as they stumbled backward. Mattin put a hand out to steady them, and only then realized who it was—Marta.



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