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    Jaime has long imagined a pack breaking through the hunters' defenses, freeing the wolves and ending the hunters' quest for blood.

    As a child, he'd hoped they'd be merciful enough to set him free, too.

    When wolves finally do arrive, he only dares to wish for a quick death. He should have known he wouldn't be so lucky.

    Dimitri and his pack are grappling with the loss of two of their mates and resent their Alpha's choice to put the hunters' mage to use instead of kill him.

    But the mage doesn't turn out to be what they expect, and the pack isn't out of the woods yet either.

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    Jaskier is the fourth son of the minor noble house of Pankratz. He has always wanted to leave Lettenhove to explore, but is limited by the expectations that come with his station. When his parents betroth him to a Duke, he thinks it might be his chance to see the world, and let the world see him, and hear his music.

    He sets out on a sea voyage to meet his new husband, but before he ever arrives, the vessel is set upon by pirates. Captain Rience has reasons to leave Jaskier as the sole survivor, and none of them are good.

    The thing Rience has forgotten, the only thing pirates have to fear on the high seas.....are other pirates.

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    On the eight day they had turned away from the coast, making their way into open sea to cut days off their journey. The shortcut across the open waters should have been straightforward.
    It should have been safe.

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    04 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 92

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    “Freak.”

    Geralt doesn’t flinch.
    It’s nothing he hasn't heard before, usually followed by a derisive laugh. The stranger might not have meant for him to hear the word, muttered as it is while Geralt's back is turned.
    Even when people have heard about Witcher Syndrome and know what to expect from it, they seem to forget about the more acute senses. So, he pretends that the insult was just an unconscious aside that the man behind him meant to keep to himself, and tries to continue his workout.
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    Witcher Syndrome is a disorder that causes genetic mutations to occur to those who develop it. While some symptoms could almost be considered advantageous, others are clearly detrimental to those affected. As with any disability, there are those with prejudices against those that are “other” or “different”.
    Geralt has spent most of his life learning to protect himself from those who won’t understand that his differences don’t make him a freak.

    But, it will take someone with quite a lot of zest for life and self-love, to show Geralt how to be okay with himself, and to remind him that he is still only human.

    Someone like Jaskier.

    OR: What if superpowers were a disability?

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  5. Public Bookmark 31

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    Haymitch and Effie fall in love, slowly and in spite of themselves.

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