not ready to make nice There was a fine line between love and hate, between acceptance and forgiveness. With Adam, with Ainosuke, Kaoru had never learned to walk that line.

2 reunions If reporters could see Claude now, they would have a field day. Not only were Edelgard and Claude, the town's two mayoral candidates, having lunch in the same restaurant at the same time, but they were eating together. Two rivals, one table—all that was missing was a single plate of pasta and the gossip would have spread like wildfire through Fódlan. Luckily, Dimitri was there to c

Special Correspondent on the Royal Gala This is special correspondent Hans at the Royal Gala, giving you all the info about who dressed well (Lord Cale), who was a mess (Lord Venion), and who didn't even get in and can't even play with the kitties to make up for it.

epilogues The world was full of people. Isaac knew of evil, Sypha of good, and Alucard had never cared in the first place. However, after everything that's happened, they're starting to find the shades of grey in between.

2 the storms of war Tamaki wanted to quit his job. Unfortunately, as the Pythia of Mirio, neither the sun god Mirio nor the moon goddess Nejire would agree to that.

2 trust exercises "There is one important rule," Talia al Ghul said slowly. Despite how softly she spoke, her voice filled the room and coiled around him. "It is more important than anything else. Trust no one, Damian." Damian didn't forget but his father's apprentices were sorely testing that rule.

2 Vacation Plans There were three months left till Golden Week. Only three short months. As far as Iida was concerned, that wasn't nearly enough time for the squad to plan their break.

the mirror to your soul Mona should have realized that such a nice apartment couldn't come so cheap without a catch. And hers was Scaramouche, a ghost roommate. What was the going rate for exorcisms these days?

auspicious days If Katsuki had his way, he and Eijiro would be married now instead of working their way through a binder full of wedding events. Maybe it wasn't too late to just take a civil ceremony.

3 A Particular Halloween Night There are so many universes out there—ones were Ben Reilly is uncle to Mayday Parker, where Logan is a feared teacher, where Rogue finds her place in her school, and where Kitty, Rachel, and Illyana navigate the boundaries of friendship. There are so many and Utau the Watcher witnesses them all from his lonely abode on the moon.