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Matter-of-factly I took Fitz's chin in my hand. He let me move his face this way and that, inspecting every angle. I recalled his words from earlier, and how wrong he had been. I traced the vein of white in his hair and then, giving in to sudden impulse, kissed the spot where it grew from his crown.
“You’re not ruined,” I told him. Emboldened, I kissed the scar across his cheek, and then the bridge of his nose. “Your scars are beautiful.”
I do not know what possessed me to say such a thing, or what possessed me afterward as I laid my lips upon his. I kissed him gently, and then when I saw his hopeful, bewildered expression I kissed him again. I heard him make a small noise and felt his hand settle, ever so lightly, on my hip. Nighteyes gamboled joyfully somewhere nearby. A cold drop of water tumbled from Fitz’s hair to my lips.
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A collection of deleted, extended, and altered Fitz & the Fool scenes from Assassin's Quest all the way up to Assassin's Fate. What kept me sane as I finished this amazing series. Canon compliant to the overall plot of the books, but highly inaccurate as I didn't reread as I wrote this. Some small divergences from canon are intentional, others are my own mistakes!
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Everything went wrong that day with the Horde. Something had been growing, slowly but surely, between Gabrielle and Xena. Yet on that day, that something broke. Trust fell apart and something went wrong; a rift appeared where there once was closeness.
Gabrielle wants Xena, but doesn't know if she can trust her. Xena wants Gabrielle, but she doesn't know if Gabrielle can accept her, fully.
Yet even with a rift between them, an immense ache persists on both sides. And sometimes, proximity gives rise to need, and desire can override all...
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28 Mar 2026
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After weeks of travel, Xena and Gabrielle are headed toward Athens, seeking the healing of the famed Katharsis Houses. Along the way, Gabrielle becomes increasingly curious about the scars that litter Xena’s body. Their journey becomes not just a physical trek through ancient Greece, but a deeply emotional and psychological excavation of Xena's violent past as a Roman gladiatrix.
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28 Mar 2026