Between the Lines | Fourth Wing Band SMAU

The Iron Squad has spent years at the top. They are sold-out arenas, platinum records, magazine covers, and the band everyone else is measured against. Violet Sorrengail has spent her entire career proving she belongs there on her own, determined to build something that has nothing to do with her famous family.

Then The Marked Ones arrive on the scene.

Five unknowns with a debut album, a growing fanbase, and something to prove. Their first record, After Dark, is already being called the beginning of a new era, and their frontman, Xaden Riorson, seems particularly interested in challenging the woman at the top.

The media calls it the rivalry of he decade, the fans turn it into a war. Violet and Xaden are more than happy to play along, until a chance encounter, a few late-night conversations, and one unfinished album starts changing everything.

Because Xaden is struggling to finish After dark, and the person who unexpectedly helps him find the words is the one person he absolutely shouldn't be talking to. Their conversations become secrets, their secrets become songs, and somewhere between the lines, the rivalry becomes something neither of them can afford.

Especially when the world is watching.

Two bands. One spotlight. Half a dozen unfinished songs. And a love story hiding in the credits.

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This series contains original song lyrics written by embersofonyx and are not to be used outside of this fic-verse unless given expressed permission by the author. Any similarities to existing songs and is completely coincidental.

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