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If it Pleases the Court by thoughtsaboutshows for staticintheair
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
18 Jul 2026
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Summary
Xaden Riorson had been a constant in Violet’s life ever since Brennan brought him home to play when they were seven. He was her brother’s best friend, perpetually pulling her braids and shooting her dolls up into the air attached to bottle rockets. And yet, Violet had fallen in love with him. She never believed he’d ever see her as anything other than his best friend’s little sister, until he kissed her before she left for college.
But then he didn’t call. And at Brennan’s funeral he sat in the back with his head down and lips sealed—not saying a single word.
So she evaporated him from her heart. She made herself forget. She left home for a new life away from the ghosts that haunt her. But when she starts at Aretian Law as a seond year associate her plans are thrown out the window when the dark haired man with gold flecked onyx eyes walks into the conference room wearing a stone cold expression on the face that used to wear a toothless smile.