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   Begging for Thread by daisy_bones

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Xaden Riorson/Original Female Character(s)
   • Liam Mairi/Violet Sorrengail
   • Ridoc Gamlyn/Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Xaden Riorson
   • Violet Sorrengail
   • Garrick Tavis
   • Liam Mairi
   • Imogen Cardulo
   • Bodhi Durran
   • Ridoc Gamlyn
   • Rhiannon Matthias
   • Sawyer Henrick
   • they're somehow all of the given
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • more like complete and utter annoyance to lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Extremely Slow Burn
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canonical Character Death
   • there will be no violet is the chosen one erasure in this house
   • Garrick needs a break
   • Eventual Smut
   • Like at least 20+ chapters until we get there
   • Xaden's yearning is a genre of its own
   • two idiots in love
   • updated tag is that there is more than 30+ chapters before the smut but it's gonna be THERE
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Smut

   Summary

   Alex Tavis never wanted to go to Basgiath. She never wanted to be a rider. She came because she had no other choice.

   With a last name that turns heads, a rebellion relic on her arm, and her best friend at her side, she takes on challenges she never asked for.

   The biggest one? Not surviving long enough to bond a dragon. Not keeping rebellion secrets buried.
   It’s Xaden Riorson.

   And the fact that he’s her brother’s best friend? Definitely doesn’t help.

   Slow burn. Like, painfully slow.
   This is all about yearning.
   Enemies-ish. Annoyance to lovers, if you will.
   Tension sharp enough to cut. 10/10 will make you want to scream at me.

   WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FOURTH WING, IRON FLAME AND MINOR ONYX STORM SPOILERS

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   163,039

   Chapters:

   38/?

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