Set after The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black, this fanfic follows the relationship between Jude and Cardan, who have a love-hate relationship. There are many things wrong with the new reigning King, he's an alcoholic, doesn't care about ruling, and an overall asshole, but no matters, because Jude is the one in control. Jude never thought she'd be able to pull this off, she's successfully tricked Cardan into taking his place on the throne, until Oak comes of age. She is amazed with her own planning! But what happens when Cardan becomes not all so keen on being pushed around and manipulated. What will happen when the year and a day is up? What is to come of Jude Duarte then? While her twin, Taryn, is married to Loke, Jude's ex-boyfriend, causing the highest of tensions between the two, and the eldest sister, Vivi, just trying to settle and reset the peaceful sister trio. Oak, Vivi and Heather are all living in the mortal world, while Madoc an Oriana are trying to find Oak, as Madoc wants to use him to get to the throne, no matter how long that will have to wait. While Oriana just wants her son back. She misses him so much. Balkin has teamed up with the undersea and wants Nicasia to marry Cardan(like in The Wicked King) once again, for access to the throne. Orlagh, Nicasia's mother, is a ticking time bomb, as she threatens to cast war on the land. All of this is going on while Jude is ruling Elfhame from behind Cardan, causing her to stand ring on the edge of her sanity. She knows that the only help she's going to get is from The Court of Shadows, which is made up of The Roach, The Ghost and The Bomb. As well as Cardan, but he won't help her... will he? - #1 queenofnothing

Jude escapes Locke and becomes roomates with Carden. Banter, romance. All that jazz. Btw (spice warning) I hope you enjoy! ❤️💫

This is a follow up to the fanfic "Jurdan - The Pain of Love" by jurdanfanfr. I do not know this person and do not know where they intended to take this story, but I wanted to make a follow up to it and finish it with how I picture the story was resolved in my mind. I highly recommend reading that fanfic for more context and also because it is very well written. I am not the best writer and this is my first fanfic, so please feel free to give feedback if you want. No explicit smut, I don't feel comfortable writing it. I will put any trigger warning disclaimers on each chapter intro. Thank you for reading!

Something's lurking beneath. It's been 6 years since Jude became high queen and a lot has changed. For one thing they're trying for a baby, but when an unknown group threatens Jude and Cardan's happiness, the happy couple needs to decide what to do. All fluff! Cross - posted on AO3 FandomPrincess28 - username P.S. Check out my profile for more stories! All characters belong to the great Holly Black Omg 1k reads thx so much 😊 I just updated after quite a while so check out the new chapter and read the authors note for more info!

The High Queen Jude and Cardan live rulling Elfhame. This is years after the events of the Queen of Nothing. Jude is 26 now. Many unhidden truths are revealed, and the plot keeps twisting. Jude's bloodline is questioned. Villains seem to appear out of nowhere, making everyone question reality. Who can we really trust? But then the real villain is revealed, hiding under everyone's nose this entire time. Meanwhile, there's another Greenbriar child on the way. And someone secret doesn't want that baby of Jude and Cardans to be born.