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1. Snowflakes Dancing With the Shadows by paganpumpkincat

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Xaden Riorson/Original Female Character(s)
   • Xaden Riorson
   • Garrick Tavis
   • Bodhi Durran
   • Liam Mairi
   • Violet Sorrengail
   • Imogen Cardulo
   • Rhiannon Matthias
   • Dain Aetos
   • Sgaeyl (Empyrean)
   • Tairn (Empyrean)
   • Andarna (Empyrean)
   • Slow Burn
   • Eventual Romance
   • Blood and Violence
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Sorry Not Sorry
   • Eventual Smut
   • Shameless Smut
   • Recreational Drug Use
   • Xaden Riorson Needs a Hug
   • Everyone Has Issues
   • Protective Xaden Riorson
   • Soft Xaden Riorson
   • Xaden Riorson is Bad at Feelings
   • Rivals to Lovers
   • Original Character(s)
   • Magic
   • Not Canon Compliant

   Summary

   Kind and gentle. Those weren’t the qualities of a soldier. But it’s what made Linnea Caldwell, a young woman from the farmlands of Luceras Province. In hopes for a better life for her village, she joins the Basgiath War College to become a rider. Armed with her knowledge as a hunter, she dives headfirst into the dangerous world of riders, magic and dragons, making new allies and enemies.
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   People either looked at him like he was a curse in this world. Or they idolized him and threw themselves at him. But not her. She looked at him like he was just another person. Like he was human. And gods, he hated it. Hated how he wanted her to keep looking at him like that.

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   English

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