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𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎(𝙰𝙲𝙾𝚃𝙰𝚁) by sweet_carolina24
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
27 Sep 2025
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Azriel's Sister x Nesta
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After almost 50 years, Astraea Mae Madden is finally reunited with her adoptive brother. She assists Rhys in adjusting to life in the Night Court as they collectively strategize for the impending war.
In her efforts to support those around her, Astraea often finds herself trying to reach out to Nesta Archeron, who remains skeptical and defensive. As Nesta confronts her feelings of anger and helplessness, it becomes evident to Astraea that her tough facade hides profound vulnerability. Both women gradually begin to understand each other's struggles, forging a bond rooted in shared experiences of trauma and resilience.
When a tragedy resurfaces trauma that Astraea believed she had overcome, she finds herself needing to start her recovery over. With support from Nesta, the Valkyries, and a young girl, Astraea regains her confidence and her life back.
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ACOMAF-ACOSF
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The Vicious Hollow Below by Desperado0229
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
22 Sep 2025
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The first war is over. Rhysand has risen to power as the High Lord of the Night Court. To celebrate the execution of a trade treaty, Amarantha invites all the High Lords of Prythian to her residence Under the Mountain. What they don't know is that Amarantha has never settled for peace. She seeks power, and she will take what she desires by force.
This fic will give life to Rhysand's journey beginning on the evening of Amarantha's damning Masquerade.
This is Rhysand's unflinching descent into darkness. This is the raw, relentless unraveling of a High Lord pushed to his breaking point. His sanity is tested, his spirit is fractured, his secrets are buried, so carefully, into the darkness. Will his survival demand surrendering pieces of his soul? Is his soul a trade he's willing to make?
Mostly true to canon, but diverging in some unexpected ways... :)
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as beautiful as the day i lost you by ravensinthedaylight
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
12 Sep 2025
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She felt hands whip her around, causing her to release a gasp. She was face to face with the most beautiful man she had ever seen in her entire existence.
His eyes were cold, furious. But the second he saw her his face changed.
“F-No… impossible, you’re…” His eyes softened, he cupped her face in his large, chiseled hands. “Oh my love, what have you done?”
Feyre blinked, staring up at his beautiful face. “Do I know you?”
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Stars Don't Listen to the Corpses by ATConner
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
09 Sep 2025
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This fic was inspired by the Bella Ciao singing scene from La Casa de Papel
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Beneath the glittering illusion of Velaris lies the rotting heart of the Night Court—the Hewn City, where violence is currency and mercy is weakness. Kyros has spent centuries trapped in a cursed cycle: whore by night, cage fighter by day. After his mother’s mind broke, he was taken in by the madam of a pleasure house who gave them shelter—for a price. But the Court of Nightmares is rising. Whispers of rebellion swell beneath the mountain, and Kyros, with storm-silver eyes and secrets in his blood, may become the face of it.Azriel has one job: infiltrate the rebel network festering below, gain their trust, and report back to Rhysand. But keeping his distance—especially from the one female he’s been warned to avoid—proves harder than expected. He finds distraction in the brothels… until a certain storm-eyed male turns his world upside down. In Kyros, Azriel sees more than a rebel—he sees a mirror. But is he still fighting for the right side? Or has he already become the very thing he swore to destroy?
There are secrets buried beneath the mountain—secrets the former High Lord took to his grave.
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A Court of Magic and Stars by Arrrrtemisa
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
10 Aug 2025
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They say that when a witch burns, the fire never forgets.
Nor does her soul.Sabrina was bound with ropes soaked in holy water, covered in scars, prayers, and fear. They screamed "heretic" at her. Stripped her of her dignity. Burned her alive before the hollow eyes of a village that once called her daughter.
But she did not die.
Flesh broke. Bones cracked. And her soul… her soul held on.
To the earth. To the darkness. To the magic.An ancient witch pulled her from the ashes and taught her that true power does not come from fear or vengeance, but from balance. That blood is the price, and the forest, her altar. That magic does not forgive… but neither does it abandon.
And as Sabrina learned to walk again, to conjure with wounded hands and a calloused heart, in a land beyond the sea —Prythian, where the stories speak of beautiful monsters and immortal kings— someone felt her.
A touch.
A whisper.
A spark of magic unlike any other.She doesn’t know it yet, but her fate is already tied to that of a High Lord who rules the night.
And this time, it won’t be her who burns.It will be the world.
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"Congrats then." Jack let out with an unbothered smile.
Rhys shrugged his eyebrows. His chest throbbed in an odd manner, stinging as if he took a handful of roses in his human hand. Is it supposed to feel like when he announces he's about to be a newlywed to the man he hasn't seen in two years and whom he dismissed after taking months to bring back to life?
"And why am I here then?" Jack continued, "I bet it isn't just to announce your wedding, or is it?"
Rhys just kept his silence.
No, it definitely wasn't just to announce his marriage."Or what am I for? Bachelor party?"
"No, it's not..." Rhys stopped. It might actually be.
He didn't have one yet, since both Vaughn and he were extremely busy these days.
"Yeah... Why not. I really just needed you for... for"
For? Think Rhys. For?
"Just need you for a drink right now." -
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“She’s my mate.”
The world went silent.
Somewhere far away, a shrill ringing started up—the deafening pealing of a thousand bells drawing closer and closer, until my head rang.
Mate.
I was going to be sick. “What?”
The golden-haired female holding Rhys drew in a ragged breath, her eyes going wide, and Rhys swallowed thickly before repeating, "She's my mate, Mor."
Driven by instinct in the split-second after the mating bond snaps, Rhys abducts Feyre from the balcony during their goodbyes.And now that Feyre has seen Velaris and witnessed Rhysand break down in another female’s arms, spouting nonsense about mating bonds, she is forbidden to leave the Night Court. Forbidden, that is, until Rhysand’s Inner Circle agrees that she poses no threat to the security and secrecy of the City of Starlight.
She may be Prythian’s newly anointed Cursebreaker and their High Lord’s mate, but as Tamlin’s lover, Feyre has a lot to prove in order to convince them to let her go.
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Rhys vs. the red tide by sophies_circus_crown
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
21 May 2025
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When Feyre finds her cycle unbearable Rhys decides he’ll do anything to take her pain away. Takes place during the one cycle that is described in ACOFAS.
I was thinking of that concept where some guys get empathetic about their S/O’s period to the point where they start to experience “symptoms” themselves like cravings etc. and that seemed like Rhys to me. So anyway my take on that.
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Would You Fall In Love With Me Again by inkedinshadows
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
07 May 2025
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Rhysand comes home to his mate after 50 years UTM, but he's worried she might not love him anymore after everything he's done.
Written for SJM x Reader Week 2025 - Day 4: Villain/Hero
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- Part 4 of SJM x Reader Week 2025
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Feyre Cursebreaker, Shoethrower. by Angie2307
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
05 May 2025
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Rhysand's POV after Feyre throws a shoe at his head. He talks to Mor and pays a visit to Feyre when she starts crying in her room.
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The weight we share by BraveBubbles
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
05 May 2025
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When Meryl retreats into solitude, burdened by a trauma she can’t voice, Rhys finds her under the stars—offering not pity, but understanding born from his own scars. Together, they begin to unravel the silence that has long defined their pain.
- Language:
- English
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- 958
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- 1/1
- Kudos:
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Amarantha's Whore by KrysKrossZee
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
23 Mar 2025
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With Starfall just a few days away, Rhys reflects on why he and his friends are even still alive while he's stuck Under the Mountain.
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the only things left are the stars by writer_in_theory
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
26 Jan 2025
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It was over. Amarantha was dead, Feyre was safe, and they all had their power back.
There was nothing left for Rhys to do except go home. Except, he wasn't quite the person he'd been when he'd left forty-nine years ago.
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The Dread Maiden by unpoised
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
15 Dec 2024
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When Feyre is pulled through a portal to another realm by a strange, smirking creature, all hope feels lost for the Court of Dreams. Months pass, things fall apart, and everything feels hopeless.
That is, until it isn't. When they have the opportunity to go on a rescue mission to a strange realm called Earth to get their High Lady back, the Inner Circle don't hesitate to take it. But time is a fickle thing, and things are different on this strange new planet. Will their mission even succeed, and will the Feyre that they find be the same one that they lost?
Contains spoilers for both ACOTAR and Crescent City books (only a brief mention of events from CC: HOFAS). Canon-divergent- everything up to ACOSF happened, excluding a certain pregnancy.
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Don't Touch Me by Acourtofbooksanddragons
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
11 Dec 2024
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A short one-shot/re-imagine of Feyre's first visit to the Night Court, because I sometimes wish she had been angrier at Rhys and because I need to get some feelings out.
First Fic WOOO -
Beneath a Shattered Sky by RomeOvid
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
05 Dec 2024
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Haunted by the memories of his imprisonment, Rhysand struggles to find solace in his new reality. As his friends watch him slip further into despair, Mor offers him a chance to heal in the sanctuary of the Library under the House of Wind. Reluctant at first, Rhysand uses a glamour to hide his suffering. But when the weight of his facade becomes too much, his true anguish is revealed. Will he finally accept the help he desperately needs and take the first step toward healing?
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Love and Shadows by EmillyRaquelFerreiraNascimento
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
17 Nov 2024
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What if when Tamlin threw that table Feyre hadn't made a shield? What if she ended up dying and becoming a shadow, a shadow that followed Rhysand?
PS. NO HYBERN.
Guaranteed happy ending 😍
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Amor e Sombras by EmillyRaquelFerreiraNascimento
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
17 Nov 2024
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E se quando Tamlin jogou aquela mesa Feyre não tivesse feito um escudo? E se ela acabasse morrendo e se tornando uma sombra, uma sombra que seguisse Rhysand.
SEM HYBERN.
Final feliz garantido 😍
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Under the mask by MisskyeStar
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
08 Nov 2024
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Feyre is trapped serving a despised King due to her strange magic. Possessing rare powers of his own, the foreign Prince Rhysand promises her freedom; if only she leaves her old life behind. But as Feyre struggles in her role in Rhysand's world, a devastating secret threatens to tear them apart.
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Poetry of Madness by makemeyourvillain
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
29 Oct 2024
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How long does it take to fully control the mind of the Spring Bride?
Weeks? Months?
Days.
That's how long it took for the High Lord of the Night Court to worm his way into the mind of his Feyre Darling. And now that the game is set, the players ready and the pawns are his to control....there is but one thing left to do.
Make Tamlin suffer as he had. Take away all that he has and loves. Including Feyre Archeron.
Oh but his pet would never suspect a thing. Such was the deception he'd woven.
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- Part 5 of Heart of Darkness