Stay With the Warrior-Chapter 1 (SMUT AHEAD)
First, Alex (@bryaxisthefaceofnightmares) and I would like to apologize profusely for making y’all wait so long for chapter 1. We feel so bad about spending so much time with this, but we’re back now and won’t make you wait this long for a new chapter! Working with one of my best friends on this fic is such an amazing experience, and I’m so lucky to have the chance to write with Alex, especially because she is one of the most talented writers I know.
As a heads up, we’ll alternate posting chapters on my blog @librarian-of-velaris and Alex’s blog, @bryaxisthefaceofnightmares. Ch. 1 is on my blog, so Ch. 2 will be posted from Alex’s, Ch. 3 from mine, etc.
The teaser can be found HERE
Without further ado, here’s chapter 1! We hope you enjoy, and if you’d like to be tagged (or taken off the tag list), let either me or @bryaxisthefaceofnightmares know.
Summary: After letting out her frustrations, Feyre enjoys a night with Rhys before checking up on her sister. WARNING: SMUT AHEAD
Trigger warning: Mention of Rhys’s time Under the Mountain with Amarantha
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Feyre couldn’t stop pacing, the tension from dinner still swarming through her as she paced up and down the balcony of the House of Wind; she needed some time to breathe while the preparations were made. She needed to get away - from her sister, from Cassian, from everything. Just for a while.
She summoned her wings, unable to stop herself from admiring the way the sunlight shone through them; highlighting their darkness with golds and reds. Feyre felt a smile curl on her lips, she had always loved the hues caught in the vast membranous wings. She could almost see an image of herself, staring over her shoulder at the wings flaring wide from her back, the setting sun filtering through them, the vastness of the Sidra and Velaris behind. The painting took root in her mind - Flight on Fire Wings - glimmering in the corner of her thoughts as she took off into the night, into the reds and violets of the Velaris sunset that held her in their warm embrace.
Feyre, where - her mate’s question echoed in her head. She shut him out, letting the smell of Velaris, of night and jasmine and sea-salt, clear her head; easing her anxiety with every beat of her wings. Flying higher, the stars surrounded her in specks of twinkling light as she finally let out her frustrations in a single, deafening roar that shook the mountains and sent the snow cascading down.