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    “What happened to your assessment of him as my rent boy? Hypocritical of you to…indulge in him after casting it as an aspersion.”

    Daniel inhales, instantly prepared to use words, words, words to help Rashid save face and also save his own ass because that’s his fucking forté. “My mistake. Your semi-estranged companion and extremely astute business partner used me as a glorified sex toy last night, and it turns out I hardcore needed to be objectified. I doubt this will come as a shock, but that worked wonders for my aging, ailing ego. I, uh…” He shoots a deferential sidelong glance at Rashid, who’s giving him a guarded look. “Wouldn’t mind if it happened again, but that’s at his discretion.”

    Louis gives Rashid a look that sits somewhere at the crossroads of amusement, bafflement, and contempt. Razor-edged panic flares in Daniel’s stomach; he has no idea why such a specific cocktail of emotion should get to him when it’s aimed straight past him at someone else.

    “Let me have this, Louis,” Rashid says with quiet urgency, his grasp on Daniel’s shoulder tightening. “He’ll be gone soon enough as it is.”

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  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    "Daniel woke to panicked screaming and someone punching him in the face, the ribs, anywhere they could reach in the tight confines of his coffin. He shoved the lid open to see a mop of dark curls scrambling away from him. A scrawny kid, all legs and arms, jumped out and bolted for the bedroom door. On instinct, Daniel moved fast to block the way and he was met with wide brown eyes looking up at him and a litany of pleas in a language he didn’t know…What?"

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  3. Public Bookmark 88

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    Armand wanted to kick the part of him that said it. He wasn’t sure who it had been, Arun or Amadeo. The thing that scared him most was that maybe it was just him.

    Or; Armand learns how to say no.

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  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    How does one encapsulate five centuries’ worth of longing, one that stretched oceans both literal and metaphorical? Could another human being have ever survived the crater such yearning left of their hearts? The abused organ holding just long enough for them to record their sorrow in any existing language- Urdu, Venetian, French, English?

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    Armand finds comfort for a yearning he's had since dawn.

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  5. Public Bookmark 22

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    Armand only cries when he realises his iPad is still at the penthouse.

    It’s ridiculous. Seventy-seven years of marriage left wrecked in his wake and he cries for his iPad. He feels like a child, being punished by his parents taking away his favourite toy.

    A hand touches his shoulder. He lashes out, smacking it away. He would be punished, he knew—last time Arun had struck a client he had been beaten with a switch—but he couldn’t bear to be touched at present. The hand isn’t deterred, however, grasping Arun’s trembling jaw and drawing his gaze upwards. It feels like torture. It feels like absolution.

    His eyes meet blue-gold and he sobs.

    “Padrone,” he gasps, bloody tears dripping down his cheeks and staining the pale skin. “Padrone, I’m so tired.” 

    “It’s alright,” his Master says. “My beloved Amadeo, I’m here now. Rest.”

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    Armand stumbles out of the Dubai penthouse and straight back into the arms of Marius de Romanus.

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