When Baron Harknonnen blackmails the Emperor to betroth Princess Irulan to Feyd-Rautha so that the Na-Baron would inherit the throne after Shaddam's death, Irulan finds herself on the harshest planet in the Known Universe. Arriving on Arrakis, Irulan witnesses the brutality of the Harkonnens and Feyd-Rautha's ruthless...
- ᴄᴀʟʟᴏᴜꜱᴇᴅ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ꜰʟᴇꜱʜ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜɪɴ. ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇꜱ ʜᴇʀ ɴᴏɴᴇᴛʜᴇʟᴇꜱꜱ. ʜᴀʀᴅᴇɴᴇᴅ, ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʜᴇʀꜱ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘꜱ ᴘᴏᴏʟꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴏɪʟ ꜱᴛᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀ-ʙᴀʀᴏɴꜱ ɢᴀᴢᴇ ᴘᴇᴇʟꜱ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏɴᴇꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ. ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ ʜɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ...
Detecting any subtle emotion that lay beneath the surface of human speech was what Sethia excelled in, and as she listened to Paul, she knew with a profound certainty, that he was lying. ---- "Blood cold as ice, but in the right hand she melts."
Dreams are messages from the deep. DUNE / PAUL ATREIDES AU BOOK 2 / series paul atreides x fem oc ! re-write !
Before Arrakis, there was Caladan. Before there was love, they were strangers. Jessica and Leto are brought together by agendas that aren't entirely their own-- Jessica must bear a female child by an Atreides to wed a Harkonnen, to bring forth the Kwisatz Haderach, and Leto must produce a male heir for House Atreides...
