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1. Half-Shadowed Roses by yourstarsmyscars

   Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

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

   25 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Elain Archeron/Azriel
   • Elain Archeron
   • Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
   • Canon Compliant
   • post acosf
   • Angst
   • Witches
   • Inspired by Arthuriana and Folklore
   • Slow Burn
   • Elain is a witch and I'm dying on that hill

   Summary

   Her gaze shifted to the carved wooden rose she’d placed upon the mantel, half-hidden in the shadows beside a figurine of a supple-bodied female, her upraised arms clasping a full moon between them. Some sort of primal goddess—perhaps even the Mother herself. Nesta hadn’t let herself dwell on why she’d felt the need to set the rose there. Why she hadn’t just thrown it in a drawer. - ACOSF 56

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   Across one sea, a dying kingdom rots. Across another, an old corruption stirs. Between the two, Prythian has started to rebuild itself, blooming after decades of destruction and conflict.

   But even as she builds a new life from the ashes of her human one, Elain Archeron begins to question if the ordinary life she has always chosen is what she truly wants, or if something else awaits her within the shadows.

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