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1. The Cost of Loyalty by MoonlightMeg for Fantasy_bookwyrm

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Fen Riorson/Lilith Sorrengail
   • Asher Sorrengail/Lilith Sorrengail
   • Fen Riorson
   • Lilith Sorrengail
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Aimsir (Empyrean)
   • Asher Sorrengail
   • Xaden Riorson
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Prequel
   • POV First Person
   • shadow daddy's daddy
   • Pre-Canon
   • Forbidden
   • Repressed emotional rollercoaster
   • Strawberries
   • Tactical Yearning
   • The MILF we all love to love
   • She could easily kill him and that's all part of the appeal
   • Storm wielder needs a hug
   • The Duke being a duke
   • But he also needs a hug
   • get ready
   • You're not ready
   • Horseback Riding
   • forced proximity always does the trick
   • is it raining or…
   • Accidental misuse of signet (The Empyrean)
   • Secret Relationship
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • fully appropriate use of storm wielding signet
   • Rain
   • rain mud and spanking
   • Kissing in the Rain
   • Outdoor Sex
   • language lessons
   • hot men in glasses
   • Smart Is The New Sexy
   • Books
   • Correspondence
   • friends to lovers?
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Lovers to Friends
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Angst with a side of smut

   Summary

   Everyone knows how the story ends.
   History remembers him as the great betrayer.
   It remembers her as the war hero.
   This is the bit they kept a secret.

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