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1. the merciless old verities by numericalpie

   Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   28 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Elain Archeron/Lucien Vanserra
   • Feyre Archeron/Rhysand
   • Nesta Archeron/Cassian
   • All Canon Relationships
   • Elain Archeron
   • Lucien Vanserra
   • Feyre Archeron
   • Nyx (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Rhysand (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Nesta Archeron
   • Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Morrigan (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Cassian (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Eris Vanserra
   • Koschei (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Helion (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Original Characters
   • other characters to be added - Freeform
   • the gang's all here
   • Angst
   • Mating Bond
   • Slow Burn
   • Friends to Lovers
   • is that the right term?
   • (Mated) Acquaintances to Friends to Lovers
   • foresight
   • Seer Elain Archeron
   • Death
   • there's a lot of that I must admit
   • or at least a lot shown y'know?
   • is Elain over her situationship yet? Who knows - are any of us?
   • She'll get there I promise
   • anti-IC
   • but not entirely
   • diet anti-ic
   • she doesn't hate them she's just snarky inside
   • as is her due
   • addressing how Feyre thinks Elain is slow from time to time
   • The Night Court (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • The Day Court (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • I am not sure how graphic my descriptions of violence are but better safe than sorry

   Summary

   Elain's life is fine.

   She gardens. She cooks. She plays with her nephew. Sure, she doesn't have a lot of corporeal friends, but everyone's friendly! And sure, she lives with her younger sister and associates entirely with her friend group, but that's fine. They're nice, and Feyre has a lovely home. And sure, she's a little uncomfortable when Azriel shows up, after everything, but that's fine. Manageable. She's doing very well, thank you much.

   But then she starts to get visions again, and suddenly life isn't so fine after all. Not when she can't stop seeing people die.

   Luckily, the visions go away around Lucien Vanserra.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   31,655

   Chapters:

   16/?

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