The King of Loukoumades

Felson arrives at the island only a few days after he hears about Seere’s sentencing. He is there when they bring in the new slave, but he keeps to the shadows. He waits patiently until Seere is released into the slave villa to live and train with the other slaves.

Then he waits yet another day because he’s nervous. He hasn’t seen the Greek in some time now, and it’s always both exciting and terrifying to see that face again. If he needed to breathe, he would be holding his breath right now, standing outside Seere’s door, hand lifted to knock. There are gut-wrenching birds of prey clawing his insides apart and he wonders if he should give it one more day.

It takes a full minute of finding his balls and his inner strength before he finally dares to knock on that door.

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