Princess Caruwen of the Aecre government is the only niece of King Orex. When she is asked to enter into a political arrangement and marry a Blevi Prince, she goes into it practically kicking and screaming.
But from the moment that she leaves her homeplanet, everything starts to go wrong. A bounty is put on her head, which results in her being chased halfway across the galaxy. She is quick to learn that not everything is as nice and cheerful as the Aecre would like for people to believe.
Caruwen zig-zags across the universe trying to get to her fiance, only to meet a new friend who tries to take her back home again. But a betrayal sends her racing to get to her fiance, to the Blevi, before she can be murdered and turned into a martyr for a cause that not only does she not believe in, but has sworn to spend the rest of her life fighting against.
Princess Caruwen of the Aecre government is the only niece of King Orex. When she is asked to enter into a political arrangement and marry a Blevi Prince, she goes into it practically kicking and screaming.
But from the moment that she leaves her homeplanet, everything starts to go wrong. A bounty is put on her head, which results in her being chased halfway across the galaxy. She is quick to learn that not everything is as nice and cheerful as the Aecre would like for people to believe.
Caruwen zig-zags across the universe trying to get to her fiance, only to meet a new friend who tries to take her back home again. But a betrayal sends her racing to get to her fiance, to the Blevi, before she can be murdered and turned into a martyr for a cause that not only does she not believe in, but has sworn to spend the rest of her life fighting against.
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P: 7/13/26
M: 7/20/26
Chapter 9
“I think Brian’s really sorry he hit you.”
“Yeah, I know. But I deserved it. Sinclair doesn’t clobber someone unless he deserves it. Brian’s a good guy. Not like the rest of us.”
He might not openly say that he endorses their behaviour, yet his actions speak louder than words.
If he really found how they love and leave groupies so offencive, he’d leave the group and not come back.
He did possess her though, in a way she’d never meant to happen.
Chapter 9 summary: Sometime while on the road, Myrna is awoken without knowing why. She leaves Brian’s bed and finds Sed at the little kitchen table. She joins him, but explains that she doesn’t drink because her shitty ex-husband was a drunk.
She then expresses that she thinks that Brian is sorry that he hit Sed earlier over that groupie. Sed says that he knows that Brian is better than them (I said what I said about that), and that it’s the rest of them who are all fucked up. That he’s the one who slept with Brian’s most recent ex… and the one before that.
When Myrna says that Sed won’t be able to sleep with her, he jokingly calls her a whore. Which… I understand that he thinks that he was joking. But not only is it unfunny to an outsider, but Myrna finds specific offence. After all, she’s been struggling with her inner thoughts sounding like Jeremy calling her a whore this entire time. But outwardly, Myrna expresses that she wishes that she had the grant money to study groupie behaviour, why it’s somehow appealing to throw yourselves at a famous man who is known for fucking a different fan every night on a musical tour. But that her current project isn’t exactly going well, and she’s fighting tooth and nail to keep a hold of her grant money.
Sed then bids her goodnight. As soon as he’s gone, Brian shows up and asks how her chat with Sed was. She tells him that Sed feels guilty over what he did to that groupie. Brian holds Myrna, and she feels like he’s taken hold of her soul. It’s an odd sentiment, considering that they’re going on 48 hours of knowing one another.
Chapter 10
He took a deep breath, glanced up at her retreating car, and then returned to the tour bus alone.
Chapter 10 summary: When they get to the end destination of Des Moines, Myrna feels as though she has to say goodbye. Unlike the band, she actually has a full-time job. And as mentioned in the previous chapter, she’s fighting like hell to keep a hold of her current grant money so that she can do her research and whatever.
Brian begs for her to stay, but she refuses. She gets into her car and drives off.
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Princess Caruwen of the Aecre government is the only niece of King Orex. When she is asked to enter into a political arrangement and marry a Blevi Prince, she goes into it practically kicking and screaming.
But from the moment that she leaves her homeplanet, everything starts to go wrong. A bounty is put on her head, which results in her being chased halfway across the galaxy. She is quick to learn that not everything is as nice and cheerful as the Aecre would like for people to believe.
Caruwen zig-zags across the universe trying to get to her fiance, only to meet a new friend who tries to take her back home again. But a betrayal sends her racing to get to her fiance, to the Blevi, before she can be murdered and turned into a martyr for a cause that not only does she not believe in, but has sworn to spend the rest of her life fighting against.
why is there an upgrade button on gmail. why does twitter want me to scan my palm to get into my account. why is google a chatbot. why does the transit app make a transit app wrapped for me. why does youtube keep shoving its infinitely scrollable shortform content down my throat. why do my doctor and psychiatrist and therapist want to use an ai notetaker during our appointments. why do free trials want my credit card number. why are most scholarship websites just data brokers. how do i make capitalone stop sending me mail. why is my school making its own special chat gpt powered chatbot. why is every third video on instagram an undisclosed ad. why is nothing online real anymore. why is everything so FUCKING STUPID
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Princess Caruwen of the Aecre government is the only niece of King Orex. When she is asked to enter into a political arrangement and marry a Blevi Prince, she goes into it practically kicking and screaming.
But from the moment that she leaves her homeplanet, everything starts to go wrong. A bounty is put on her head, which results in her being chased halfway across the galaxy. She is quick to learn that not everything is as nice and cheerful as the Aecre would like for people to believe.
Caruwen zig-zags across the universe trying to get to her fiance, only to meet a new friend who tries to take her back home again. But a betrayal sends her racing to get to her fiance, to the Blevi, before she can be murdered and turned into a martyr for a cause that not only does she not believe in, but has sworn to spend the rest of her life fighting against.
A 75 yo man proudly came into the cafe wearing an Ultra Maga hat. I excused my barista from the register to handle the transaction.
"The hat is customizable," he said, struggling with the velcro patch on the front. "If I need it, I have an ICE one too. I pick based off the business i walk into."
"Customizable is an important hat descriptor," I said. "what can I get you?"
"You wouldn't believe how offended people get these days," he said. "And I'm supposed to do something about it if you're offended? You chose to be offended!"
"We all have hundreds of thousands of decisions everyday," I said. I thickened my accent. "That's what my stepdad always said. But I can make one easier - we have a delicious Ethiopian roast available."
"Like if I told you you have a bull ring," he said, "because bulls have rings in their noses. Is that offensive?"
I laughed. "I've heard that before."
"It's a joke, but people get offended. Maybe you're offended."
I looked at him. I smiled. "You aren't trying to offend me though, right?"
Of course he was. I was being friendly and the friendlier I was, the faster he switched topics. He was saying anything inflammatory he could think of to see if I'd take the bait. After about 20 minutes of my redirecting and deescalating, he settled into a more normal interaction. He took up too much of my time showing me a product I'd feigned mild interest in to get him to stop talking about getting accused of inappropriate behavior at work. When we finally disengaged, he spent 10 minutes trying to catch my eye again. When he failed, he left.
There's this new breed of customer who insists on trying to incite political conversation through their clothing and, when that doesnt work, their snide little comments. If I owned my own business, maybe I would have given the guy the fight he wanted. But I work for a corporation and I love paying my bills so I deescalated.
Anyone wearing that type of shit and preying on workers for their own spank bank material is a brainless fucking sheep.
I do think you lose your right to medical privacy when you decide to become a politician and it is mad fucked up that these people hold our lives in their hands and are allowed to disappear for months on end with no explanation. You need a doctor’s note to miss school for a cold but we have no clue if Mitch McConnell is dead or alive and Tom Kean was allowed to fuck off for 4 months without telling the public why. I don’t give a fuck about your privacy, you’re not protecting my privacy, if you’re leeching tax dollars and partying it up in a rich person rehab resort somewhere while your constituents vote against our access to healthcare, we should be allowed to know. Fuck you. I say this as a disabled person, I’m always having to explain the nature of my disability and the details of my health but we’re not allowed to know what the fuck is going on with these people.
idk if it’s an adhd thing or whatever but I constantly pingpong between being too silent for too long and not shutting up and I kinda hoped that growing up and getting adhd meds would fix it but sadly no
The problem with being low support needs is that people mentally autocorrect that to “no support needs” and then proceed to give you absolutely nothing and then get surprised when you implode after six months.
Diamonds in Starlight: a novel. Get it free July 16-20!
Princess Caruwen of the Aecre government is the only niece of King Orex. When she is asked to enter into a political arrangement and marry a Blevi Prince, she goes into it practically kicking and screaming.
But from the moment that she leaves her homeplanet, everything starts to go wrong. A bounty is put on her head, which results in her being chased halfway across the galaxy. She is quick to learn that not everything is as nice and cheerful as the Aecre would like for people to believe.
Caruwen zig-zags across the universe trying to get to her fiance, only to meet a new friend who tries to take her back home again. But a betrayal sends her racing to get to her fiance, to the Blevi, before she can be murdered and turned into a martyr for a cause that not only does she not believe in, but has sworn to spend the rest of her life fighting against.
