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    When Nesta realizes Feyre has not included her in any of their family paintings, the sting of her exclusion is sharper than she could have ever imagined.

    Desperate to relieve Feyre and her new family of the burden that she was, she did the only thing she could think of: run.

    An alternate take after ACOFAS, in which Feyre not painting Nesta gets addressed, the Inner Circle gets a little bit of a reality check, and everyone kind of learns to communicate.

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    05 Jun 2025

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    A boat party in summer lends itself to cruel words, and even crueler consequences.

    In which Cassian overhears /that/ conversation between Amren and Nesta, and is there for the aftermath.

    A fix-it missing scene of sorts.

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    04 Jun 2025

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    Months and months have passed since Nesta Archeron cut the King of Hybern's head off.

    In that time, the River House has been built, Velaris is once again vibrant, and everyone is enjoying the happiness that was hard earned, and at great cost. Well, mostly everyone.

    Nesta, who spirals further and further into her own grief with every passing day, has instead burrowed into her tiny apartment in the city, intent on drinking her sorrows away.

    But when she goes missing, a concerned neighbor shatters the relative contentment the Inner Circle had been enjoying. Now, faced with the very real possibility that she is once again in the clutches of the enemy, they must stop at nothing to get her back.

    For Cassian, that means tearing the world apart, until he has the chance to make sure his mate comes home safe.

    But Nesta is no damsel. She was taken by Hybern once, they will not succeed twice. Now is the time for vengeance, and she will not stop until every last one of her enemies is vanquished.

    A post-ACOWAR revenge plot AU, in which Hybern kidnaps Nesta as revenge for the death of the King.

    Written for Nesta Archeron Appreciation Week 2024 Day 7: Free Day

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    04 Jun 2025

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    “Stop it! Just stop it. None of you know what you’re talking about.”

    “Your defense of your sister is admirable, but we’re only speaking truths.”

    “But that’s just it. You don’t know the full truth. None of you do.”

    “What are you talking about?” Feyre asked, and Nesta filled with horror. Elain wouldn't . She couldn't. She swore never to tell-

    “Don’t you dare,” Nesta hissed, and she offered Elain one final glare, filled with an equal amount of pleading. She couldn’t fathom the thought of Feyre knowing her secret, she couldn’t bear the thought of them knowing. Not the full extent of what had happened, what had changed her well before the Cauldron-

    “Father sold Nesta when she was 16.”

    When Nesta's deepest secret is revealed at yet another tense dinner, she was sent into a spiral, desperate to escape before Feyre demanded answers. But it isn't her sister who comes to find her in the aftermath, it's someone else. Someone who might have more in common with her than she ever thought.

    TW: Child abuse, suicidal thoughts/ideation, forced prostitution, sexual assault (underage!!)

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    03 Jun 2025

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    It’s always the quiet ones...

    A few weeks after the Winter Solstice party, Elain decides to follow Azriel through Velaris. However, he can tell that he is being followed (as the spymaster he is) and decides to question her. One thing leads to another, and Elain finds herself at a BDSM club. At a BDSM club with Azriel. At a BDSM club that Azriel owns.

    Here she learns the true meaning of pleasure, and pain.
    And maybe something else that might make life very difficult for both of them?

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    * Spoilers from ACOSF and Azriel's chapter *

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    10 May 2025