The Love Triangle

> "*When his breathing turns slow and even, I can't help but think about Blaise saying those same three words to me only days ago.*"
> ― Author, Theodosia.
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## Theodosia and Søren

### *Ash Princess*

Theodosia devised a plan to break the Kalovaxians apart by seducing Prinz Søren then killing him behind his back. Her first act of romance was intentionally lowering the neckline of her dress and loosing it in a place beside her shoulder so that when he pulled it, it would drape off showing him her upper back and the scars the Kaiser had marked her by.

Later, Søren visits Theo in her room in the palace using the secret tunnels and asks her Shadows- Blaise, Artemisia and Heron at the time- to take her for two hours. Søren takes Theo through the tunnels and out of the palace to the western shore of Astrea where he introduces her to his ship, *Wås.* There he shows a rebellious side of him and begins asking Theo the Astrean word for things, namely: Wind, Ocean, Hair, etc.

After that Søren goes to battle in Vecturia where he uses the berserkers against the Vecturians. Theodosia had told Artemisia to send word to them via Dragonsbane to prepare them, but she didn't know about the berserkers. When Erik told her after his return from Vecturia, Theo's love for Søren shattered-or so she thought- and she was intent on taking revenge from him.

In her room, Søren sought out the tunnels. This time; however, he looked disheveled and miserable from his failure and asked Theo to let him look at the scars from her punishment earlier. Knowing that would only increase his pity, she showed him. He then told her to let him keep his promise to taking her away from the Kaiser using *Wås*.

Upon their arrival there, Theo shouted to her Shadows to capture him. After they took him to his cabin, drugged him and tied him, Søren told Theo that he loved her, she tried to ignore the question knowing well at that time he was still their enemy, later on ,she discovers that she still does love Prinz Soren.

### *Lady Smoke*

The time Søren spent in the brig of the Smoke, chained and tortured, made Theo's feelings for him return when she visited him with Heron. She asked Heron to heal him and later visited him by herself to check up on him promising to bring him breakfast with her. For the third time, she took Artemisia with her to deflect any suspicion from her visit earlier. Inside with Søren and Art, Theo discuses the husbands she plans on marrying.

## Theodosia and Blaise

Since Theodosia is not with Søren that much in Lady Smoke, Theo and Blaise became closer. Theo started asking to sleep with Blaise and he agreed. In this scene Blaise and Theo do kiss. In a letter Blaise uses yours. theo and Blaise started off as younglings Who We’re close, Blaise wanting to escape from Theo’s clingy grasps

## Søren and Blaise

Søren and Blaise show no romantic interest in each other whatsoever. If anything they are no more than allies. Blaise didn't hide his hatred for Søren and calls him *prinkitti* time and time again even in front of Theodosia. He chided her for trying to save him because he is a Kalovaxian instead of just leaving him behind. Also, he never mentions Søren as part of their group; only Theo, himself, Artemisia and Heron. Whenever he has the chance to snap or retort to Søren he does so with no care whether Theo is annoyed or not.

Søren doesn't hold any grudge against Blaise, however. When Theo told him that she ended things with Blaise he told her she didn't have to and expressed his apologies by claiming he knew how she felt for Blaise. Søren also at some point defends Blaise when Theo was angry at him saying that he may be reckless, but he isn't stupid.