Character building: Rafe (a drabble)

Near the end of Year 5
There were nights when Rafe woke up not knowing where he was anymore. Those were the bad nights - not the worst, but close to it. He'd stare at the ceiling, or at Renata's fall of blonde hair, refusing to move, afraid to even breathe, until he remembered that this was his Kept, not his Keeper, that this was okay, that he was safe.

He never talked about those moments with anyone. Of the three of them - Eris and Joff and him - he was supposed to be the strong one, supposed to be the calm one. Of the three of them, he'd had it the easiest. Nobody had taken to cutting him up as a weekend hobby. Nobody had locked him in the closet whenever he forgot his script. He was strong. Protective. He wasn't supposed to be the one with nightmares.

Last night had started with a bad night, and things were not looking up. He smiled at Eris, squeezed Joff's hand, and gave Renata a gentle hug. "We'll be back in a few hours. We're going to go visit the kids."

"I wish I could come with you." Renata wrinkled her nose and looked down at the floor. "I'd like to meet your kids. Your other kids."
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Edally Academy - Chapter 5C: Missing Pots

Enrie looked at her notes. She’d written it down, the writing sloppy but her meaning clear. “The Coffee Treaty, signed in Arran City Federent. Year 25 of Empress Azhnatarennezha’s reign.”

She looked back at the document, ancient and brush-written, the edges crumbling. She’d been reading a sectio

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Vermin Hunter

The bed was cozy and the woman beside her was warm. Annalise did not want to move. But outside, just at the edge of the property, something was stirring, something that did not belong. She yawned irritably and stretched, spine arching, paws padding against the blanket. If she was quick, if she was lucky, she could be back in before the human noticed she was gone.

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