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2023-02-17
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The Wanting of

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Prompt: Flame of Burnt Brandy ("This colour was a combination of the oranges, yellows and blues from the actual flame of spirits alcohol on fire. In 1821, the magazine Lady’s Monthly described the colour as a combination of lavender grey, pale yellow and dark lilac."

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He should have known. Nothing escapes Cesare, after all.

A few seconds his fingers have lingered on the bolt of silk, caressing its untraceable colour: violet, orange, like flames licking dawn. A few seconds only, and Cesare knows he indulges in that rarest of luxuries: wanting something.

“Buy it,” Cesare says. “Have something nice made.”

“Why should I,” he answers, shrinking into his black. “It’s frivolous.” Against Spanish protocol, too.

“So what? We’re not in Spain.” And now Cesare reads thoughts as well? “It’s a lovely shade. Would bring out your eyes.”

“No,” he shrugs. “It’s not for me.”

Shame.

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