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Oleander Craw @oleandercraw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Chapter 9 of THE WARDS WILL FALL is up! A chapter a week releasing for free for my newsletter subscribers. Come read (or listen!) about a sad bi protag navigating a crisis of faith while becoming hopelessly entangled with an ancient entity. 👇 www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...

“You’re still here,” Maxwell sighed. He scrubbed his face in his hands and groaned. “When are you going to leave me alone?”

Ivan’s smiled widened. He flung himself down on the bed, head in his hands. His hair fell into his eyes, curling a touch at the ends, and his eyes were full of something almost vicious in their deep brown warmth. He spoke out of the corner of his mouth, drawing the words out to hang in the air between them. “Do you want me to leave you alone?”

Yes. No. He wasn’t going to answer that. Not aloud at any rate. Admitting he wanted Ivan’s specter to hang around sounded like a road to further disaster. Ivan was dead and whatever Maxwell’s mind had conjured up in his place could only be damaging in the long run.