The Hired Man, AU spangel

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What do you do when you've lost your faith and your life is a painful lie?

This is brand new.

betated by the lovely kitty_poker1
Liam/William NC 17 eventually, maybe
Around the late 1890s, small prairie town
incorporates the prompt "Trollop" from tamingthemuse

The Hired Man

Prompt #34 - Trollop - Invocatus Rex, Part I: Xavier, Chapter One

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Title: Invocatus Rex, Part I: Xavier, Chapter One
Fandom: Original Fiction, The Witch War Histories, Vol. III
Prompt: Trollop
For: Taming the Muse
Warnings: some language perhaps, not much; more angst
Rating: PG
Summary: As Sylvie and Kincaid begin the quest for the history of her sword, Xavier loses the battle to keep his distance from her. And just when they think Wales is destined to be a dead end, a mysterious stranger appears almost literally on their doorstep.
Word Count: 5,205
A/N: Beta by meredevachon. Muchas gracias como siempre.

A/N2: Now that we’ve come to the first real chapter, a note of explanation is required. The original three books are each polyphonic in structure. That is, each is told in three distinct parts, and each part is told from a different primary character’s POV. In this book, the first POV we get is Xavier’s. So, the I you read is his. We’ll hear other voices but not until much later in the book.

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This chapter has been moved, along with all prior chapters, to my LJ, where they're located in chronological order in the IR section of my memories.