#lilith pov

[hockeyspiral23]

You know how I was talking about various WIPs? Well ...

"It's Violet. Her scars ..." he trails off. I swallow hard. If the fever I got after being stabbed with that godsforsaken dagger while pregnant wasn't enough to damn her, with her two-toned hair and fragile body, the gods chose her to be a part of a fated soul-scar pair. My tiny, delicate daughter has been chosen to be a part of history, and I am terrified to know what that means for her future. Scars as soulmarks are rare enough, but scars showing up before she comes of age? The rarest of all. "Show me," I demand, my fear coming out as brusqueness. He walks close to me, brushing our hands together, taking my hand the second we enter our quarters, squeezing hard. He opens the door to her bedroom and I raise my hand up to my mouth to stifle the horrified gasp that is desperate to escape. My daughter's back is covered with angry red lines, fresher scar marks than I've ever seen on a member of a soul-scarred pair. "I don't understand it," my husband whispers. I can't say a word. I don't know how to tell him that I'm the reason our daughter has 107 fresh scars on her back. And that her fucking soulmate is the son of the disgraced Fen Riorson.

(obviously a first draft and I already know how some of this is going to be edited ... but yeah. also ... why am i considering working in the canon universe when the series isn't done yet? whyyyyyyyyy ...)

[whispersofmoonshadows]

Walking on Heir (M)

Parapet from Xaden and Lilith’s POVs.

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Xaden

What’s this? My inntinnsic abilities pick up on something fun. I’m the most exquisite man she’s ever seen, eh? Clearly she doesn’t know who I am, or she’d be properly terrified like everyone else. Still, it’s nice to be admired without any prejudice for a change.

“Ready for the next one, Riorson?” Well, fuck. Way to spoil my fun, Garr.

I mourn the loss of those delicious thoughts, turning from lust to shock and finally, fea—not fear, anger. Interesting. Who—?

“You ready for this, Sorrengail?”

My pulse leaps. She’s here. Gaze snapping up, our eyes lock, and…

I have to remind myself to breathe.

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Written for @empyreanevents Xaden Week 2026. Day 1: Leadership; Day 2: Fighting; Day 4: Brooding; Day 5: Secrets; and Day 6: Birthday.

[timelady-queenofhell]

Chapter 4: Torture & Tantrums

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Not sure on the chapter title but hey ho. Here’s the next chapter for my fic.

[whispersofmoonshadows]

Tales Betwixt

A collection of missing scenes or alternate POVs from The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros.

All works are part of the Tales Betwixt series. You can read each story as a stand-alone piece, but they are all connected, so if you enjoy one, please consider reading the others.

I call out where each story fits into the official Empyrean series where applicable. For example “Walking on Heir” is Xaden and Lilith’s POV during Violet’s Conscription Day from Chapter 1 of Fourth Wing.

Anything underlined is a link, so just tap on the story or chapter title you’d like to read to view the full work.

Scenes are being written out-of-order and organized chronologically as I post them, so be on the lookout for new additions. Here’s the official order for easy reference:

Prequels:

• X Side:

~ Chapter 1 - Chocolate Cake (T): FW Prequel, POV Xaden, Xaden’s birthday with Liam before joining the quadrant

• I’d Do Anything for Love (T): FW Prequel, POV Dain, Song Fic, Dain manifests his signet

• One Hundred and Seven:

~ Chapter 1 - The Deal (M): FW Prequel, POV Xaden, POV Lilith, How Lilith scars Xaden

Fourth Wing:

• Walking on Heir (M): Chapter 1, POV Lilith, POV Xaden, Violet’s Conscription Day

• Growing Violence:

~ Chapter 1 - Growing Violet (T): Chapter 8, POV Xaden, Before Xaden and Vi spar for the first time

~ Chapter 2 - Shrinking Violence (M): Chapter 9, POV Xaden, Xaden and Vi’s first sparring session

• Silver Blades (E): Chapter 22, POV Xaden, After Xaden and Vi’s first kiss

• Hereditary (T): Chapter 24, POV Lilith, Xaden and Vi stopped on the flight field path by Aetos Sr

Iron Flame:

• *Shatter Me (E): Chapters 34.5-36.5, POVs Xaden, Rhiannon, Aaric, Jesinia, Garrick, Dain, & Lilith. Xaden and co rescue Vi from Varrish. In progress. Updates weekly. Most recent: Chapter 3 - The Catalyst

• Andarna, Please! (G): Chapter 52, POV Andarna, Andarna struggles to connect with dragons her age

• **Speak to Me (T): Chapter 65.5, POV Violet, POV Lilith, Song Fic, After the Battle of Basgiath

Onyx Storm:

• One Hundred and Seven:

~ Chapter 2 - The Price for Love (E): Chapter 55, POV Violet, Violet comforts Xaden after walking into his nightmare of how Lilith scarred him

Post Onyx Storm:

• **A Walk to Remember (E): OS Sequel, POV Xaden, POV Violet, Xaden leaving and coming home to Vi after they’re married

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[hockeyspiral23]

These snippets are more for me to keep me going ...

I get back from Calldyr City to inform the family that we're now moving to Basgiath. The timing is good, with Mira about to enter her second year in the Quadrant. Not that I'll be able to acknowledge her while she's there as her superior officer, but at least I won't have to wait for correspondence for updates like I did last year or like with Brennan. Brennan. The grief is still strong, but the worst of it, the blind rage is gone. And in it, I cut into the back of another man's child 107 times. Mercy, I called it. And for my superiors, it was indeed; they'd have preferred for the rebellious traitors to be ripped out completely to the root. And I had too, but then the Riorson boy came to me willing to make a deal. I wanted to shove him right back out the door, but one of my scars, the one I got when I was stabbed while carrying Violet, started throbbing at that moment and it gave me pause. Whether it was to remind me that, despite his stature and arrogant front, the Riorson heir standing in front of me is truly still a child himself or not, I don't know. But as a result, I chose to listen to him. And to make our bargain.