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1. Preservation by alicewroteastory

   Fandoms: Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Series - All Media Types  

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

   15 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aro/Bella Swan
   • Bella Swan
   • Aro (Twilight)
   • Alice Cullen
   • Caius (Twilight)
   • Athenodora (Twilight)
   • Marcus (Twilight)
   • Edward Cullen
   • Emmett Cullen
   • Carlisle Cullen
   • Esme Cullen
   • Renée Dwyer
   • Charlie Swan
   • Canon Divergence
   • Slow Burn
   • Dark Academia
   • Wine Drinking Vampires
   • Dark Romance
   • Gothic Romance
   • Morally Gray Bella Swan
   • Bella Swan with a Backbone
   • Touch-Starved Aro
   • Possessive Aro
   • Aro is a Menace
   • Intellectual Foreplay
   • emotional dependency
   • mutual obsession
   • Reddit becomes Romance
   • Codependency but make it romantic
   • Praise Kink
   • Power Dynamics
   • Gentle Dom Aro
   • Online Relationship
   • Anonymous Identities
   • Falling in love Online
   • Grief
   • Reinvention
   • Abandonment Issues
   • feminine rage
   • Monstrosity as Liberation
   • Tattooed Bella
   • Edward Cullen Bashing
   • Dysfunctional Immortal Family
   • Powerful Bella Swan
   • Ancient vampire politics but make it horny
   • Murderous Soulmates
   • Blood Drinking
   • The Volturi think that Bella is the bad influence
   • Occasionally hysterical crack content that is relevant to the plot
   • this story contains multitudes
   • slow burn smut
   • Phone Sex
   • Marcus is a vampire anthropologist
   • Caius is a hater because he cares
   • Bella Swan is a Brat
   • I can make him worse energy
   • Organic Love plus Mate Bond
   • I made an entire Codex for this fic
   • Joyful Ancient Melancholy
   • There will be sex
   • Smut
   • Chaotic Neutral Bella
   • Edward Cullen is His Own Worst Enemy
   • Human to Vampire Bella Swan
   • this story is a millennial love letter
   • Part 1 of Inheritance Trilogy

   Summary

   Of all the catastrophes Bella Swan had imagined, being accidentally courted online for five years by an ancient anonymous vampire monarch had not ranked highly.
   To think, it had all started with a disagreement on Reddit...

   Series

   • Part 1 of Inheritance

   Language:

   English

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