She was never meant to be loved-only displayed. Married to the Night Court's feared Intelligence Chief, she lives as a beautiful ornament in a gilded cage. In the Court of Nightmares, she stands at his side... unseen, untouched, unloved. Until Azriel. One accidental collision. One lingering glance. And suddenly the shadows begin to notice the bruises beneath her silk. What begins as quiet concern becomes stolen moments and whispered promises-fragile hope in a world ruled by secrets, where love is the most dangerous betrayal of all. Star-crossed lovers-destined to find each other, doomed from the start-bound by love and fate to an end neither could escape.

She came to the city to start over-heart bruised, lip split, swearing off love for good. The plan was simple. New place, new life, no more heartbreak. Then she met Cassian, her massive, tattooed, ridiculously charming neighbour with a smile that feels like safety and eyes that see far too much. He's all city steel and gym sweat. She's all soft drawl and country fire. Two worlds that were never meant to collide yet somehow fit together just right. What starts as muffins and subway maps turns into late-night movies, whispered confessions, and a slow-burning bond that feels dangerously close to home. But when her past comes roaring back, Cassian's gentle turns feral and the city boy proves he's got a cowboy's heart after all.

A rare discovery changes everything-another shadowsinger, her. Found young and frightened, she's brought to Azriel, and the moment their shadows touch, something soul-deep sparks between them. As she grows into her power, their connection deepens - shadows entwining, protective, playful, and increasingly intimate. What begins as mentorship, becomes undeniable affection, desire, and love. They find home in each other-and in the shadows that first brought them together. Azriel softens for her. She finds safety in him. Their bond isn't just shadow-deep-it's fate.

He found her caged. He set her free. The world will regret it. Because Roxiana isn't just dangerous- she's the kind of power that sings... and devours.

When Cassian meets her, Tarquin's closest friend and the embodiment of sun-soaked chaos, it's over before it begins. She's golden, wild and dazzling in a way he never stood a chance against. And him? All grin and brute heart, utterly doomed. They circle each other like solar flares, just waiting to collide again. They ruin rooftops, start bar fights and quite literally bring down buildings. They flirt like it's war, kiss like it's peace, and burn like it's never going to end. A story of summer spun through laughter and lust, of two forces too bright to be tamed, too drawn to ever stay apart. Because she is the sun. And Cassian? Cassian would follow her into the fire.

Nobody knew that Azriel found his mate. Until she nearly died. This is the aftermath.

Azriel's shadows find their master a wife. Azriel would just really like his heart not to get broken again. And Sky...well, she's just really surprised that that far too handsome male is interested in her at all.

Azriel broke as he saw the girl he loved staining her face with tears. He whipped her tears away, wanting nothing more to drawn with her so she would never feel alone again. His shadows echoed her pain and he finally knew what it meant to feel someone's pain as if it were your own.

~He was her lifeline, she was his sanity~ Amaria's heart has long since been sealed off. Azriel has never known love until he laid eyes on her. Two souls meet but are quickly torn apart when Armarantha takes the high lords powers and traps a majority of them under the mountain, including Aria and her new High Lord. Will Azriel and Aria meet again and have the chance to be together, or will Armarantha's reign forever build a gap between their hearts? TW: ⚠ mentions of unconsesual sex, gore, smut, violence ⚠ This is set pre Acotar and then goes into Acotar, through Acosf

** All rights to characters and plotline belong to Sarah J Maas, this is completely a fanfiction and I take no credit for the characters and places that Sarah J Maas has created** Born with wings that should not exist, Evanora (ev-uh-NOR-uh) has spent her life hiding in the shadows of Illyria. Concealed by her mother's desperate invention - a dark paste to mask the white leather of her birth - she learned early that survival meant silence, invisibility, and secrets. But when grief, fear, and fury spark a forbidden light within her, Evanora's secret can no longer remain buried. Hunted by her own people, she finds herself swept into the heart of the Night Court, where power, danger, and beauty are entwined. There she meets the Shadowsinger - unreadable, relentless, a warrior who sees too much. Tasked with training her, he becomes both her harshest trial and her most unexpected tether. Yet as whispers of war rise across Prythian, and the Autumn Court stirs schemes that could burn the realm to ash, Evanora must confront what she is, what she fears, and the truth of the bloodline her mother died to protect. In a court of fire and darkness, of love and betrayal, light may be her greatest weapon. Or her doom. [Also on AO3 under stvrlightt_cerys]