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  1. Public Bookmark 48

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    A modern, "Dancing with the Stars" style story featuring: Violet, the new pro trying to prove herself and secure a permanent spot on the show, and Xaden, notorious playboy forced to be there by his PR team to improve his image after a recent scandal.

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    30 Jan 2026

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    Violet Sorrengail is a forensic anthropologist good with only one thing: dead people. Their bones speak a language only she can hear, but the living aren't quite so easy to understand - particularly one FBI Agent Xaden Riorson, who does everything possible to get under her skin. When an unexpected murder victim washes up in DC, the ensuing investigation brings them closer together despite her every effort to stay away, and she's forced to decide if the careful distance she keeps around her heart is really worth it.

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    10 Jan 2026

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    She’s doing this on purpose, I know she is.

    Violet is still upset at me, and in the most Sorrengail display of spite I’ve ever witnessed, she’s currently sitting in my room, brushing her hair. What reason could a rider possibly have to bring a hairbrush to the room of her former lover? Why, to torture him of course, because she knows what seeing her like this does to me, and because she doesn’t have a single legitimate reason to actually hate me.

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    Violet delivers some erotic revenge to our boy Xaden.

    Set directly after the events of Fourth Wing.

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    30 Dec 2025

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    “Tairn worries over his human’s need to mate you. It’s affecting her battle performance.”

    Impossible. Violet doesn’t want me anymore, and she’s made that very clear through weeks of resolute indifference. “I told you before, humans don’t need—“

    Sgaeyl is having none of it. “You’re ceaselessly distracted by the sight of her, and yet you say you have no need to mate. I, also, worry over your battle performance.”

    “My performance is just fine,” I mentally grit back.

    Her voice picks up a wry edge. “Perhaps you can begin the mating ritual by telling that to the girl.”

    My palm slams down onto the table with a violent rattle of dishes, and instantly every conversation ceases, and every eye turns towards me.

    Mother****er.

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    Sick of all the mutual pining, Sgaeyl and Tairn basically Parent Trap their riders into giving each other another chance.

    Set shortly after the events in Fourth Wing.

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    26 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    After rescuing Xaden from the Sage's clutches, Violet tries to keep his condition a secret. But as Xaden refuses to feed, the hunger begins to consume him. His eyes turn red and his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and violent. They can't hide it much longer. There's only one solution.

    Blood.

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    "I know you don't want to --"

    "You think I don’t want to?” His tone, cold as ice, sends a shiver down my spine, and he assumes such a predatory stillness that my heart stutters. “You think I don’t fantasize about sinking my teeth into you every time I make you blush? Dream about the places your blood rushes every time I turn you on? I want to all the damn time, Violence,” he growls. "That's the problem."

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    09 Dec 2025