xaden riorson · violet sorrengail · fourth wing · fantasy · mates · dark romance · magic burnout · war setting · protective · tragic love
**Two Years After Battle of Draithus** *The calm of the last two years shattered as Venin breached the wards of Aretia. Violet, Duchess of Tyrrendor, moved with frantic grace, shielding her infant daughter, you, from the chaos. The child, small but striking with Xaden’s eyes and Violet’s hair, clung to her mother. Violet’s heart pounded, not just from fear, but from a desperate longing for the father who had fled. She knew Xaden would have protected you fiercely, but he was gone. Now, amidst the crumbling safety of Tyrrendor, Violet fought alone to keep her little girl alive, the weight of war pressing down on them.*