Lilith: You will act like a Rider, Cadet Sorrengail!
Violet: GODS ABOVE IF YOU ALL WANTED ME TO BE OBEDIENT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE SCRIBE QUADRANT DON'T YA THINK?! DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE SAY IT DAIN!
One tragic day changes Dahlia's life forever. Despised by her father and brother, she's spent her entire life trying to be the child and sister she use to be. But nothing she ever does is good enough. She joins the Rider's Quadrant to prove them wrong.
Garrick now in his second year has proven he is more than the mark on his skin to his fellow riders, and taken leadership of his own Squad alongside Xaden. Little does he know the girl walking across the parapet is about to send him on a rollercoaster of a year.
Garrick Tavis x OC (Dahlia Aetos)
WARNING - THIS SERIES NOW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ONYX STORM. I HAVE MARKED THESE PARTS WITH âïžAS WELL AS LISTING A WARNING AT THE TOP OF THE CHAPTER. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ ONYX STORM, DO NOT READ THESE CHAPTERS.
About the story: A sudden tragedy in your life leads you to getting reincarnated in your favorite book of all time "Fourth wing". Now you are determined to save lives and change the destiny of your favorite character's. The question is will you succeed in changing their destiny?
Warnings: ANGST, mention of blood, abuse
A/n: Heyy my readers! I hope you are enjoying my story and I know I haven't been able to upload like before but please do understand that my internship is about to begin because of which I have gotten busy I wanted to let you all know that I will be posting every week on Saturdays also if you guys have any suggestions for the series please to comment or send me an inbox or dm me I would love to hear your ideas!
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Chapter 3
My days at Basgiath have been somewhat quite no one has dared to attack me, maybe its because of the display of my strength during combat training. I am the undefeated champion till now. My last match was with Liam and the match was difficult as he was trained by Xaden himself. I havenât had the chance to see Xaden or Garrick for that matter. I bumped into Bhodi and Imogen quite a few times now but they seem to avoid my presence. Maybe because I am Aetos or maybe because Imogen was embarrassed from our last encounter. I donât know why Bhodiâs avoiding me, he is supposed to be the gentler version of Xaden
âAre you even listening to what I am saying?â Dain groaned annoyed making me snap back to reality
âOh yes I amâ I smiled sweetly making him more annoyed âCome on brother I always listen to youâ
He sighed and rubbed his face âOkay.. father is going to be here to see how you- I mean we are doing. I want you to be careful okay?â
âHeâs coming here?â I thought as my face froze âNo.. this shouldnât happenâ I started panicking remembering all my memories from the Aetos mansion and how he treated me, how each of my mistakes were treated
âHeyâ Dain shook my shoulder âI wonât let anything happen to you I promiseâ he said
I side hugged him âI am scaredâ I whisper closing my eyes as tears formed in my eyes
âI know but I will be here always sisâ he rubbed my back âyou wonât get hurt againâ
I took a deep breath and wiped my tears âI know you should take care too brotherâ I whispered as I rubbed my arm
âI willâ he ruffled my hair and smiled at me âI have to go now donât make trouble okay?â he gave me a quick hug before standing up and walking away
âI need to make sure I can escape my fatherâ I thought thinking of ways and reasons to escape as I covered my face with my hands
âWhatâs a beautiful lady doing out here alone?â a voice called from behind me as I turned to look who it was
âMairi what are you doing here?â I asked trying to keep my voice as steady as possible
âAn answer for an answerâ he smirked âmay I?â he asked gesturing to the space beside me making me nod
âI was talking to my brother he left a few minutes agoâ I replied as he sat next to me
âHmm and I am guessing he didnât share a good newsâ I looked at him surprised âoh donât look at me like thatâ he laughed âanguish is written all over your face⊠and it doesnât suit such a pretty faceâ he brushed a strand of my hair behind my ear
I looked away blushing âit is true he didnât give me a good newsâ
âNeed a knight in shining armour to save you, my lady?â he asked dramatically making me laugh all my worries washing away in an instant
âMaybe I do.. are you volunteering Mairi?â I asked looking at him, he started to lean closer to me his breath hot on my face
âOh I sure am⊠ever since you kicked my ass on the mat you have been on my mind constantlyâ his voice dropped to a whisper
I closed my eyes and leaned forward as well âMy first kiss in this new life is Liam Mairiâ
âY/N!!!â I heard someone yell before I was yanked away from Liam âWhat do you think you are doing?â a slap landed on my face
âFather I-â I couldnât finish my sentence when another slap landed on my cheek
âColonel Aetos you shouldnât hurt a lady especially your own daughter!â Liam yelled standing behind me
âYou donât need to concern yourself in this family matter Cadetâ Father said gripping my hand making me whimper âyou should go to the others or you will receive a punishment from meâ he slared as he started yanking me to follow him
âCall my brotherâ I mouthed to Liam his hand was stretched towards me as though asking me if I needed help but I didnât have a choice but to follow my father who was squeezing my wrist so tightly that it would leave marks
We soon arrived at his chambers as he pushed me inside and slammed the door shut âNO PLEASE NO DAIN WHERE ARE YOU!?â I bit my lips trembling in fear âFather i-it wasnât as it looked likeâ I managed to stammer the words out
He didnât say anything but rummage his luggage I knew what was coming âFather please it wasnât what it looked likeâ I started backing away in fear
âOh so it wasnât like my daughter- the colonel Aetosâs daughter was about to kiss a merry traitor?â he asked as he took a whip out âDidnât I tell you, you should keep your innocence? You are to be wed to Prince Halden or Prince Camlaen and you dare dishonour my name?â
SLASH I felt the burn in my legs as I crashed down
âI-I didnât father we were just talkingâ I sobbed as I curled up on the floor taking the hits he was giving me
âSuch a disgrace first you took my wife from me now you are trying to dishonour my name by being a whore to a traitor?â he slashed the whip more harshly making me bleed on the floor
âDain where are you?â I begged for him to come and save me in my thoughts as I received more wiping 'Why did I get reincarnated in this wicked household?' I sobbed as I hugged myself
He grabbed my hair and pulled me up so I was facing him âYou are going to keep your damn innocence one of my people will be here to see that you stay away from those bastards and any other men in question did I make myself clear?â
I gave him a weak nod in return which made him angrier âDID I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?â he demanded gripping my hair tighter
âYes sir, you made it clea-â my sentence was interrupted as I heard a CLASH and I heard the window break as wind as intense as a storm blew into the room
âGarrickâs signet?â I coughed as I curled on the floor after my father let me go to check on the situation
The last thing I saw was the shadows moving beneath my curled body before everything turned black
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Dain pov-
I was doing my squad leader duties when one of the first years burst into my cabin
âAetos⊠Y/n she..â he was breathing heavily as he gestured wildly. Hearing my sisters name made me stand up immediately as I walked towards him
âWhat happened to my sister?â I demanded
âFollow meâ he said as he started jogging i started following him worried about my sister
He led me towards a room not just any room Xaden Riorsenâs room âwhat the hell is Y/n doing there?â
Xaden had to pull me in as he had warded the door âWhere the hell is my sister?â I demanded looking around when a figure on the bed caught my eye. My breath stopped when I recognized who it was. I cautiously approached the bed not believing my eyes I had promised myself I wouldnât let this happen again
âBreatheâ I heard Cath in my head he was worried about my sister as well, as me and my sister share a bond he too thinks of Y/n as his sister and is protective too as he has seen how she has been treated in the Aetos house
âWhat happened?â I asked as I sat on the floor holding my sisters hand. I could look into her head of course I could but I love my sister too much to invade her privacy without her consent especially when she is so wounded like this
âMe and Y/n were talking near the stair case when Colonel Aetos came⊠he saw us talking and he slapped herâ the blond guy confessed, I know him he is Liam Mairi âhe slapped her twice infront of me⊠she asked me to get you but I couldnât find you so we had to do something so I asked for their helpâ he said gesturing to Xaden, Garrick and Bhodi
I nodded my head âI treated her as much as possibleâ Xaden said âwe didnât take her to the infirmary because Colonel Aetos would go there first so we brought her hereâ
âThank you for saving herâ I told them sincerely I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be thanking Xaden Riorsen out of all the people in the world
âLook man I know this is your family shit but this is too messed up and since we are already involved in this you might as well tell us why your father treats her this wayâ Garrick said flatly but I could see he was concerned too
âTell themâ Cath demanded
âWhat!? Cath they are-â he cut me off
âI donât care who they are! They saved little one from danger they might do it again if they get to know about the situation so tell them right nowâ he growled
âokay geezâ I sighed
I nodded my head rubbing the back of my neck âI am telling you guys this for saving my sister and for her sake too..â I sighed feeling Xadenâs intense gaze on me, he is intimidating as hell even if my pride agrees not to be intimidated by him âwe should sit down this is a long storyâŠâ
The chapter starts with some severe treason, and all Riddick is concerned about is his feelings of FOMO (fear of missing out) over being left out of the quest squad. Meanwhile, everyone else is worried about being caught and executed because, if Iron Flame showed us anything, it is that the staff at Basgiath are not above torturing their students for information.
This whole Oceanâs 11 heist highlights the importance of all the quadrants Basgiath working together (specifically riders, artillery (Dyre) and, although they're not strictly a quadrant, the fliers (Maren)
They go and get Swayer who gives major âI've been expecting you vibesâ
Despite intercepting the squad, Mira decides not to rat them out as she acknowledges that this act of treason will enable the fliers to use their gifts again and therefore improve negotiation efforts
Brennen and his overinflated sense of self-importance are there too.
Shit nearly its the fan but thanks to Riddock and his ice-wielding Signet & Maren disaster is avoided
The next day cat uses her signet to mess with the riders and im genuinely questioning if the fliers getting their abilities back is a good thing.
Genuinely forgot that General Aetos wasn't dead. A guy can dream. He charges Violet with high treason and looks smug about it. Tell me you are surprised by this and I'll call you a liar
General Aetos publicly disowns his son, and, I know I don't like the guy, but I genuinely feel sorry for Dain.