ETHEREAL SKIES. ❪ xaden riorson ❫ ❛ you have a place in my heart no one else could ever have ❜ ❪ the empryean ❫ ❪ pre fourth wing - iron flame ❫ ❪ book one in the wings of mind and soul saga ❫ ©Cherxe ©Rebecca Yarros

Eleanor "Len" Lennox is a survivor. Scarred, feral, and feared by all, she thrives in the chaos of Basgiath War College. When she bonds with Noxarathian-an ancient, deadly white dragon known for killing his riders-Len becomes something extraordinary. Together, they wield Shadowfire, a destructive power capable of annihilating the Venin threatening Navarre. But beneath her terrifying reputation lies a fractured soul. Len keeps her scars, her pain, and her dark past hidden, even from her closest friends, Xaden Riorson and Bodhi Durran. The only person who dares to break through her walls is Garrick Tavis, the one man who might teach her what it means to love-and to heal. As rebellion brews and the Venin's power grows, Len must embrace the shadows within her. Because saving the people she loves might demand the ultimate sacrifice.

☽◦➛ In 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 Maiven Archeron founds her home between the shadows and the stars. "𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵." ╰┈˚ · ° . 𝐀𝐳𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐱 𝐨𝐜 ˏˋ°•*The Second book in the *•° ˊˎ 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 series ------------------------

𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐄, 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒, 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐎𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 - 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐕𝐄. 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄, 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃. Xaden Riorson x fem!oc

ｓｔａｒ·ｌｉｇｈｔ - ／ˈｓｔäｒˌｌīｔ／ ｎｏｕｎ the light that comes from the stars. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑒𝓎𝑒𝓈 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. ~~ In which Ainsley and Xaden reunite after spending many years apart, but everything's different and trust need to be earned once again. For both of them. Started: November 29, 2024

❝ 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿. there's a blossoming seed of hope when it begins; perhaps this is the one, your heart sings. but the inevitable comes with their betrayal, and it leaves you with nothing. i don't want that to be our fate. you're it for me. so if you want me, then 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 for me. ❞ ━━━━━ 𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝘹𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘰𝘤 𝘹 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴

Akira Caym is different. Having spent her whole life isolated, she takes the first chance she has to be reintroduced to the world. Upon entering the Riders Quadrant, she somehow snags the attention of a certain shadow wielder. Navigating through her new life, parts of her past come up better left forgotten. Xaden Riorson x oc ⚠️Disclaimer!⚠️ I do not own any characters nor plot other than my ocs. Everything else belongs to the amazing Rebecca Yarros.

Book One ~ Most cadets lose their lives during their first year. Fifteen Percent of those lost it on the parapet. Another seventy-five percent would never make it to their graduation. Those were the statistics that had stuck in Kyna's mind through her first year. It was those statistics that held her back from watching the cadets, her cadets, crossing the parapet the following year. Xaden Riorson x fem!OC male!OC x Violet Sorrengail