⋆𝐃𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠⋆ - 𝐓.𝐌.𝐑

𝟎𝟐𝟗 - 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲

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𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱

❝𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙠 : 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙣 𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚❞

❝𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙜𝙚 : 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙤𝙮 𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙄𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙑𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮❞

❝𝙊𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙮 : 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙛 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙤 𝘽𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨❞

❝𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡 : 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙏𝙤 𝘽𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙐𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨❞

"Are you finished?", is muttered low in her ear, the sound sure to linger in her mind long after this conversation is over and into the little hours of the night. The vowels and consonants are articulated in the same decadent voice that graces the best of her dreams, accompanied by eyes that vacillate between ocean blue and blood red.

Elizabeth chokes down the hitch in her breath with a sip of her tea, "just about," she murmurs in response. Her brain is still sluggish with the lack of sleep from staying up to brew potions for her business, having utilized yesterday's solar eclipse in Capricorn to the fullest. Meeting Thomas' – her Thomas, officially – eyes, she offers up the muggle newspaper; "switch?"

"Of course, Lilibet."

She rolls her slightly puffy eyes fondly at the minor provocation and graciously accepts the proffered 'Daily Prophet' before handing him her copy of 'The Times', both are courtesy of Thomas' subscriptions – but he has taken to letting her read the muggle news first. It is a futile effort on his part to stave off the unfortunate truths of living in two worlds at war, but she appreciates the intent all the same.

❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 : 𝐘𝐠𝐠𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐎𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧, 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠❞

❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐫 : 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐎𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐱 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐚❞

❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 : 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨-𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞❞