The Story Aerie

Author: Jess Mahler

  • The Bargain (S1, E10)

    Season content notes: fictional slavery, con noncon*, pain play, pain play implied, sex, reference to/discussion of child abuse Mattin was never sure how he got through his second day of training. Exhaustion weighed him down, and his body was sore from standing. Again, he spent the entire day behind Brit’s shoulder, trying not to move.…

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  • The Last Lady of Lună (S1, E4)

    Season Content Notes: abduction, blood Benj Benj would never tell him, but God, he loved Marcus’ voice. Some days when he was giving a briefing, Benj’d close his eyes and just listen to that golden voice. Listening to the contrast between his bright tones and Ms Nastasia’s husky croon? Benj nearly creamed his pants and…

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  • The Bargain (S1, E9)

    Season content notes: fictional slavery, con noncon, pain play, pain play implied, sex, reference to/discussion of child abuse Brit released Mattin when the bell rang for dinner. After working in the kitchen the past week, it was odd to sit in the dining hall while Crait and the others served. But he enjoyed the chance…

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  • The Bargain (S1, E8)

    Season content notes: fictional slavery, con noncon*, pain play, pain play implied, sex Mattin didn’t make it back to the kitchen for dinner that night. He didn’t make it for breakfast cleanup the next morning either. It had taken Jahlene three days to accept the inevitable, but accept it she did. For the first time…

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  • The Last Lady of Lună (S1 E3)

    Season Content Notes: abduction, blood Karen The moment the door closed behind Nastasia, Karen started slicing herself loose. It took her a minute — the knife was shit, but the ropes weren’t. Around her, the rest of the team was talking, but she barely noticed. Knives always focused her. Knives and timelines. Right now, her…

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  • The Bargain (S1, E7)

    Season content notes: fictional slavery, con noncon*, pain play, pain play implied, sex “Whoa, are you okay? Look, sit down a minute.” Jaffrey pushed him into a corner and made him sit. “I’m going to run and get Brit.” “Wait.” Somehow Mattin grabbed Jaffrey’s hand. Clung to it, even. “No. I’m…” Jaffrey let him cling;…

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  • The Last Lady of Lună (S1, E2)

    Season Content Notes: abduction, blood Nastasia “I am a vampire. “And I can make you — or keep you — young.” The room was silent. So silent, I could hear their heartbeats. I looked around the table, and my heart clenched. Their faces, even hidden by blindfolds, were familiar to me. Karen’s heart-shaped face was…

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  • The Bargain (S1, E6)

    Season content notes: fictional slavery, con noncon*, pain play, pain play implied, sex Even from her office, Jahlene could taste Mattin, not just taste him, but taste him strongly enough to know where he was. The kitchen. She didn’t know else was with him — Cook presumably, and his assistants. But all them blended together,…

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  • The Last Lady of Lună (S1, E1)

    I was a child when enemies destroyed our clan. My mother escaped and tried to raise me in secret, but without my fathers’ blood, she aged and died. Now I am the last head of the Lună vampire clan. My enemies think I am dead, my clan is scattered to the winds, and I am…

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  • The Bargain (S1, E5)

    Season content notes: fictional slavery, con noncon*, pain play, pain play implied, sex After breakfast, Jaffrey led Mattin to Brit’s office. The steward had a large space, and he needed every bit of it. Shelves stuffed with papers and files, a desk, several chairs, and some chests filled the room. The morning sun peeked through…

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