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    Ten years ago, Kaela was torn away from her home, hidden away for a future that was never guaranteed. Now, that future has come calling.

    Tyrrendor has won its freedom, but the fight is far from over. To secure the kingdom's stability, its Assembly demands Kaela uphold a decades old contract binding her to Xaden Riorson— former rebel, warrior, and now, the reluctant king of Tyrrendor. But Xaden is grieving, the weight of his crown heavy, and the scars of war have turned childhood friendships into distant memories.

    She was trained for politics, not battle. He was forged in war, not courtly games.

    And Navarre is watching, waiting for them to fail.

    Oh, and she may or may not have accidentally befriended his dragon.

    Becoming queen was no longer part of the plan. But neither was running into a dragon in the clearing and offering it a flower crown.

    - This is post canon timeline
    - Characters might feel off
    - I am heavily taking creative liberties
    - Original canon characters, places and magical system belongs to one and only, Rebecca Yarros
    - I am only humbly borrowing her world and playing with it.

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    22 Aug 2025

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    Violet Sorrengail just wants to get over now ex-boyfriend and the fact that he cheated on her for months. Xaden Riorson just wants to enjoy a single night of freedom away from the chains of the Riorson family business.

    When they wake up married…it’s a good thing annulments are easy to get, right? Except…maybe she wants her ex-boyfriend to suffer, just a little and Xaden? Well, he's not complaining.

    "Last night we had mind-blowing, life-altering sex.” He nips at my earlobe. “And I don’t plan on forgetting you anytime soon.”

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    22 Aug 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 79

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    After the Calldyr Executions, Elise Riorson, the daughter of Fen Riorson, is kept in the city to be fostered by King Tauri himself. She spends the next five years as the royal family’s whipping girl, a hostage in all but name, while secretly training for the Riders Quadrant with Cam’s help.

    The night before she leaves for Basgiath, Halden comes to her with a cruel offer, claiming it was her brother who killed Alic during Threshing two years ago: If she dies on Conscription Day, he and his father will consider the score settled and spare Xaden’s life.

    It’s simple enough, right? All she has to do is to jump off the parapet, and Xaden will be safe. Except he is waiting for her on the wrong side of the parapet, and even though he can’t interfere with what happens on that death trap of a bridge, Liam Mairi can.

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    19 Aug 2025

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    Violet had never wanted to know the rider at the other end of their four-way bond. The life she’d carved out after graduating from Basgiath may have been miserable and small, but it was hers, and she couldn’t imagine that meeting the crown prince of Tyrrendor was likely to improve it.

    She knew now that she’d underestimated him. A Sorrengail didn’t have the luxury of being so careless, but she had been, and now Xaden Riorson had left his fingerprints over her life and soul.

    She thought it just might kill her.

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    17 Aug 2025

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    As the most powerful riders on the continent, the Navarrian rulers see an opportunity, and a weapon, too powerful to pass up.

    Set in Fourth Wing immediately after Threshing.

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    17 Aug 2025