CHAPTER I: Eclipses, Ellipses, and Lapses in Judgment

Rafal becomes what he hates most to "save" Rhian at a steep cost-himself.

Or

Rafal puts on a grand "production" for Vulcan.

NO CONTENT WARNINGS: The violence is largely canon-typical.

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