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New chapter is up, please enjoy!
I’ve been fighting with the next chapter and I think I’m almost happy with it so it should be up sometime tomorrow but I was trying to find you guys a lil snippet and there’s nothing I really want to take out of context so I’ll just give you this:
Xaden gets to touch Violet’s hair
He calls her good girl
Violet and Brennan say words to each other kind of like real adults do
Happy Friday!
Here’s your snack, kids
It’s here!! 🩷
It was a journey to get here but we made it
I finally understand how Victorian era readers went nuts for serialized stories.
The anticipation between chapters.
The desire too get the next installment as soon as it was available.
The joy-sorrow of reading something for the first time and realizing you'll never experience it that way again.
This is absolutely about @justallihere and sitq
Firstly, thank you so much for writing sitq- I found it just as I finished reading IF and has very much kept me going! If you ever write any original fic and get published, I’d be very interested in reading as your narrative style is lovely.
Question I’m not sure I’ve not seen asked yet -has poor Xaden spend the week learning to do Violet’s hair while her shoulder is bad, and if yes what is Violet’s reaction going to be to this while she’s so unspeakably furious?
Additionally- can Brennan even heal her shoulder for her, or does that give Basgiath the information that they have a healer that they may want to keep quiet?
Thank you so much!! 🩷🩷
Honestly I started writing a tiny little drabble of Xaden asking Sloane to teach him to braid hair after @skyfallscotland asked but I didn’t love it and I probably won’t bother to flesh it out more, so you can find what I did write below the cut. As for Violet’s reaction—idk if it’s even a thing that will make it in, but it wouldn’t come up for a long time. Xaden wouldn’t just be like “I learned this for you this week!” so by the time she figured it out she wouldn’t be mad at him anymore
Re: Brennan it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. Menders are rare but it’s not impossible that Tyrrendor would’ve had at least one or two since they started training their own riders. No one would immediately assume that it’s Brennan who would’ve healed her
“Sloane.”
“Yes, your majesty?”
Xaden gave her a dry look, but her face didn’t change. She only used the title sarcastically—otherwise she called him Xaden or, in recent weeks, when he particularly annoyed her, Violet’s husband. It seemed everyone in his life liked his wife better than him now. “I need your help.”
“I don’t like the sound of that.” She crossed her arms and gave him a searching look. “What’d you do? And why are you asking me?”
“You know how to braid hair.”
Understanding lit up her eyes, but she said, “I like this even less now.”
“Look.” He tucked his hands in his pockets and returned her unwavering stare. “Violet doesn’t always feel like doing her own hair. I’m trying to learn how in case she needs help. Are you willing or not?”
For a long moment, Sloane didn’t move. Finally, she said, “Fine. But only for Violet,” she added firmly. She turned away. “We’ll need more than just me for this.”
***
“That’s, uh. . . not quite right.”
“She means you’re fucking it up horrifically,” Sloane translated for Tessa. The dark-haired young cadet stood to Xaden’s right—Sloane sat on the table in front of them with her legs crossed, their model for the day as Tessa tried to talk Xaden through the process of creating the coronet braid Violet preferred. Tessa’s own hair was in two braids on either side of her head, twisted together at the nape of her neck into a neat bun. She had more variety in her hairstyles than Violet did, and certainly more than Sloane, who rarely bothered with more than a simple bun, or a braid for flying.
“You have to pull it tighter than that,” Tessa said. “Like—“ She stopped, stared at the mess of tangles that Sloane’s hair had become, and reached for the brush at her hip. “Just start over,” she said finally. A little sigh was the only sign of her disappointment. Earning any sign of annoyance or displeasure from Tessa was a feat in and of itself, and a good indication that this was going even worse than Xaden had thought it would.
He started over.
Have fun!!!
I’m going to put this down very gently in front of you and then run away
I have not even managed to play wordle yet today but I did go to the dentist and post this so please enjoy
It’s here! This chapter is heavy, and all the applicable warnings are in the chapter itself, so please review those if needed and be safe reading 🫶🏻
It’s here!
Good night, I am off to bed 🫡 (or good morning if you’re somewhere on the other side of the world, happy Monday to you)
as promised, here's your snack
enjoy!
have fun!
i wanted to have this up 3 hours ago but ya girl can't fucking multitask
New chapter is up, please enjoy!
I’ve been fighting with the next chapter and I think I’m almost happy with it so it should be up sometime tomorrow but I was trying to find you guys a lil snippet and there’s nothing I really want to take out of context so I’ll just give you this:
Xaden gets to touch Violet’s hair
He calls her good girl
Violet and Brennan say words to each other kind of like real adults do