Basgiath War College is no place for softness. Especially not for love. In a brutal world where dragons choose riders and survival is a matter of strength, Caelia Virellan has already beaten the odds-third-year, bonded to one of the most powerful dragons alive, and deadly enough to earn her respect among the elite. She doesn't flinch. She doesn't falter. And she never lets anyone close. Except maybe him. Xaden Riorson is a marked man-vengeful, sharp-edged, and hiding more than anyone knows. Bound by loyalty, rage, and shadows, he's sworn never to trust the daughter of his father's killer. But when Violet Sorrengail enters the Riders Quadrant, everything shifts-including the armor Xaden keeps around his heart. And through it all, there's Caelia. The one person who sees too much. Knows too much. And stays anyway. As war brews beyond the wards and secrets begin to unravel, Caelia and Xaden find themselves circling the one truth they can't escape: There are a thousand ways to say "I love you." And sometimes, the quietest ones cut the deepest. One war college. Two powerful dragons. Ninety-nine unspoken confessions. Slow burn. Sharp tongues. Softer hearts. And a love that was never supposed to happen.

"Your brother will not be pleased." "When is he ever?" Evalyn Riorson never lived in the shadows of her brother's presence. She had always been his equal. He had always been her shield. But when love is tested and the truth is revealed, she finds that much more waits beyond the war she had been born into. FOURTH WING - ONYX STORM Empyrean Series All original story credits to Rebecca Yarros and her publishers. Mature Warning - darker themes included

War has ended. But peace was never promised. In the wake of bloodshed, Freya stands in the ruins. Mourning the death of her mother and grappling with a darker truth Xaden has turned. Whatever soul he had is now losing to shadows. But grief is a luxury she can no longer afford. From the storm-forged halls of Basgiath to the farthest reaches of the Continent, whispers rise like smoke of dark powers stirring, of a force long forgotten returning to claim what was once lost. A change is coming not of politics or crowns, but of fate itself. And Freya is at the heart of it. The light may be fading... But she has never burned brighter.

Just about everything is trying to kill Joan Graycastle: the King, the cadets, even some of the Riders Quadrant professors seem out to get her. Her only goal is to stay alive. The longer she's alive, the closer she is to seeing her brother again and the closer she gets to fighting the actual war being waged outside Navarre's borders. The only dragon almost guaranteed to kill her decides to claim her, though, and throws a wrench in all of her plans. "Are you a meal, Josefyne Tauri? Or are you a rider?" - fourth wing x oc

'Remember that you must die - the only choice you have is how you choose to live.' Xaden was forged to destroy her and she might be the only one who can set him free. Aria, once a god, rules a world that fears her power and demands her penance. Xaden, the rebellion's deadliest weapon, is her prisoner until she offers him the one thing no one ever has, freedom. Begins Post Onyx Storm, dark FMC / Venin Xaden.

❝𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯.❞ ❝𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.❞ ❝𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 a star finds her soul burning brighter than it ever has once she meets him... 𝐗𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 ↳ 𝐀 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ( 𝐀 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 ) 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝘹𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦!𝘰𝘤 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈 ~ ✓ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈𝐈 ~ ✓ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈𝐈𝐈 ~ ✧ 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 . . . 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈𝐕 ~ ✗ 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐕 ~ ✗ 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐕𝐈 ~ ✗ 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐕𝐈𝐈 ~ ✗ 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈 ~ ✗ 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈𝐗 ~ ✗ 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐗 ~ 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 ~ ✗ 𝘵𝘣𝘢

toska (n.) an immense ache for nothing and everything all at once; an anguish from the bottom of the heart. - It's one thing to be a Rider in the Riders Quadrant, but to be a young mother as well? Now that is difficult... Especially when the father of the child has no idea that he is just that: a father. - Theodosia Mairi fell in love young with Xaden Riorson and the two swore they loved each other. But after one afternoon, Xaden never visited Theodosia again, even while he was rising rank and freedom in the Riders Quadrant, and because of that, he never found out he was a father to a four-year-old boy. Then everything changed when Theodosia and her twin brother entered the Riders Quadrant for their first year, keeping Riorson's son a secret. How long would that secret last? Did Xaden still love Theodosia like he swore he did? Would anything go back to the way it was? Or did the secret sever all and any feelings between the Mairi and Riorson? - Fourth Wing -> Iron Flame OC fem x (idek at this point but i'll be sure by the fifth chapter) #1 in theodosia #1 xadenriorson #1 bodhidurran #violetsorrengail

Death was supposed to be the end. Instead, it became a detour. Raina De Luca was forged in blood-the daughter of an Italian mafia don, trained from childhood to survive betrayal, carve power out of fear, and never hesitate. When a rival family puts a bullet in her skull, she expects darkness. What she wakes to is war. Reborn in a land ruled by dragons and deadly magic, Raina is forced into Basgiath War College, where survival is earned one kill at a time. Her instincts make her lethal. Her discipline makes her respected. Her past keeps her dangerous. But nothing about her resurrection is an accident. Her strength is wrong-too natural. Her senses are sharp in ways no human should possess. Her magic, when it stirs, feels ancient... familiar... remembered. And the dragons look at her not with curiosity, but recognition. Whispers follow her through Basgiath-echoes of a life she doesn't remember. A power she once had. A homeland beyond this world entirely. One whose people are older, immortal, and carry starlight in their blood. As Venin rise and war looms, Raina realizes her arrival wasn't fate. It was a mistake. An interruption. A displacement from a world that is calling her back. One ruled by courts. By magic. By a High Lord who has long believed his lost sister died centuries ago. In Navarre, death was mercy. What comes next is the truth she was never meant to forget.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world... they have to be felt with the heart." I joined the FBI to get to the BAU. CAC was just the step in between. Then Spencer Reid walked in-PhDs, cardigans, and so stupidly attractive it completely derailed my ability to speak like a functioning adult. We were supposed to work one case together. Now I'm pretending I don't notice how brilliant he is. This is fine. Totally fine. I'm being very normal about it. Set during Season 2, Episode 2 ("P911"), this is a slow(ish) friends-to-lovers rewrite where Evelyn Gilroy takes Amanda's place and tries very hard not to fall in love with Spencer Reid.