You've read Liam Mairi's story. You know how it goes. How it ends. But what if there was more to his tale? And what if it included someone already in his story the entire time? She has her own history, her own shameful past, her own secrets. But what if she's destined to change the course of not only his life, but the fate of everyone else on The Continent? And Liam? He cannot tell a soul about her. Not even Xaden Riorson. We follow Liam through his own story whilst keeping a secret that may very well get him killed, alongside every other marked one in Basgaith before Threshing. Trigger warnings: Violence, descriptions of injuries, hints at SA, physical and mental abuse, torture, sexual activities, graphic language and death. If you are sensitive to any of these topics, please consider them before reading on. Author's Note: This story is inspired by the incredible Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. If you have not read Fourth Wing yet, please go read it first, as a lot of context will not make sense if you're not familiar. I am so incredibly proud of this story, I've had this idea since last year and have spent months planning and now writing this version of Liam's life. I do plan to post chapters weekly, but life sometimes gets in the way! (Also if you see any little mistakes A: No you don't and B: I have raging ADD so sometimes editing gets rather boring.) All rights, characters and original story reserved to Rebecca Yarros & Piatkus Publishing.

• • • it all burned down • • • Clove Elora Aetos has spent her life learning to become a healer. That is until she'd forced to leave the very thing she knows best and becomes a Rider. She knows the Codex and Navvarian ways. Yet she yearns for something more. Something she knows is out there she just doesn't have. Her life is completely flipped upside down when she runs into Liam Mairi, another first year rider. The only catch he's the very thing her father forbid her from wanting. A marked one. Liam Mairi x fem OC NOTE: THIS IS A SLOW BURN LOVE STORY! YOU WILL NOT SEE LOTS OF TENSION UNTIL A LITTLE WAYS IN!! CLOVE IS MY MAIN OC SO I DO FOCUS ON HER IN THE BEGINNING SO YOU GET A FEEL FOR HER PERSONALLY BEFORE AND DURING LIAM.

Alina Valoria once believed in the goodness of the world-believed in friendship, in faith, and in a future filled with warmth and safety. She believed in him too-the boy she was never meant to love, her brother's best friend, the one her heart chose long before she understood the cost. But war has a way of turning belief into ash. When war and tragedy tore her from her family and the boy she loved, Alina learned how merciless the world could be. How a heart can shatter quietly and still be forced to carry on. How someone raised to shine with hope can be remade by grief and survival. She vowed never to depend on anyone but herself again. Entering the Riders Quadrant to honor her family's legacy, Alina expected hardship, loss, and the brutal truth of war. What she didn't expect was to face everything she once mourned as if it had died-alive again, altered by war, and no longer the people she remembers. Time and battle carve new versions of us, and not all of them survive with their humanity intact. Least of all the boy she once loved. Within a kingdom trembling under ancient prophecies and the truth of fables, Alina finds herself caught between duty, faith, and a fate whispered about since before she was born. Here, loyalty can ruin, love can destroy, and belief is a dangerous thing to hold. As the gods turn their gaze back to the mortal world, Alina must decide which pieces of herself she is willing to sacrifice-and what she will fight to protect, even against destiny itself. This is a story of war, faith, and forbidden love-of a girl hardened by fate and a boy forged by loss, bound to a prophecy that could save their world... or end it.

Before they became legends, they were children. Xaden Riorson and Iskra Eagledare grew up side by side beneath the mountains of Tyrrendor - best friends, partners in trouble, and the first person the other always looked for in a crowded room. Then the world ended. When the rebellion falls, and their parents are executed before their eyes, an entire generation of children is forced to inherit a war they never asked for. Branded by dragonfire and marked by loss, they must learn to survive in a kingdom determined to break them. But some things refuse to die. Not loyalty. Not hope. And not the bond between two people who chose each other long before they understood what love was. From childhood promises and stolen moments to rebellion, war, and destiny, this is the story of the generation that came before the revolution - and the love that survived it. Because the rebellion didn't die with their parents. It lived on in their children.

She didn't go to Basgaith to become a rider. She went to destroy it. Eira Solen is a weapon. Good at gaining trust. Good at not feeling a thing when she lies. Her mission is simple. She has to gain the trust of the strongest riders at Basgaith and learn how their brains work. She has to understand exactly what could lead to Navarre's downfall. But Basgaith isn't what she expected. Neither are the people inside it. Violet Sorrengail trusts her too easily. Xaden Riorson sees right through her. And for the first time in her life, she hesitates.... The longer she's there, the more dangerous her mission becomes Not to them, but to herself. Note: this is not a Violet x Xaden story

Two best friends. Two riders. One scary death college. When Rose and her best friend Azalea find themselves stuck in their favourite novel, their life does a complete 180 from what it used to be. Gone were the days of struggling to make rent and chasing dreams; now they were struggling not to be murdered and being chased by people their own age who had knives and had clearly been trained to use them since childhood. Concerning. Very concerning. But as her life continues in the deadly fantasy world of Fourth Wing, it's becoming clear that someone finds toying with her life entertaining, especially when it comes to Bodhi. Navigating a lethal military academy is hard enough, but everything gets infinitely more dangerous when she finds herself falling for the Wingleader's cousin. A relationship between them is strictly forbidden by Xaden himself, and keeping their connection from him and everyone else might actually be the hardest trial of all. With her bestie Azalea busy dealing with her own toxic, enemies-to-lovers gravity pull with the brooding Wingleader Xaden Riorson, Rosie has a much larger concern to handle. How is she going to get back home? And does she even want to?

Two best friends. Two riders. One scary death college. When Azalea and her best friend Rose find themselves stuck in their favourite novel, their life does a complete 180 from what it used to be. Gone were the days of struggling to make rent and chasing dreams, now they were struggling to not be murdered and being chased by people their own age who had knives and had clearly been trained to use them since childhood. Concerning. Very concerning. And what makes this experience even worse, is that Azalea isn't getting the fairytale romance she thought she would. She despises Xaden with every fibre of her being, which she didn't even think could be possible after reading about the man's trauma for three whole books. But it's becoming increasing apparent to her that the universe is hellbent on shattering all of her worldviews, and a larger concern arises. How is she going to get back home? And does she even want to? UPDATE SCHEDULE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LPfywtfjN7KRwOZjnUv2tGuak1McEApiditgMEudO4/edit?usp=sharing

She changed without changing. And now she's keeping secrets. - Started: 25/6-2026

Delaine Storvey, daughter of General Storvey, the man who oversaw the execution of the parents of the marked ones, enters the riders quadrant in the hopes of uncovering the truth about the rebellion from years ago. But what happens when a certain dark haired male who supposedly hates her gets in her way? Xaden Riorson x OC I do not own fourth wing or iron flame, all of the characters are not mine except from Delaine Storvey, Alex Storvey and Zaldon Storvey. Warning ⚠️ contains foul language, sexual jokes, some smut, some gore, fluff, and some more.

He was supposed to die. She was supposed to survive him. At Basgiath War College, survival is earned in blood-and love is a weakness no rider can afford. Constance Moonglade arrives determined to save lives. The quadrant will teach her how to destroy them. Then there's Brennan Sorrengail-brilliant, guarded, and already carrying the weight of a war no one else can see. What begins as rivalry becomes something far more dangerous in a world where attachment is a death sentence. They rise together. Fight together. Fall in love anyway. But kingdoms are built on lies-and when the truth finally surfaces, it won't just cost them everything... It will tear them apart. ✨ A Fourth Wing saga of love, betrayal, and war 💔 Brennan Sorrengail x Constance Moonglade