Chapter Text
A Court of Scars and Shadows by BelladonnaMoon
"And just for a moment, Azriel let her annihilate him, body and soul - as that devotion crept through every crevice of his dark, twisted mind and kissed the most filthy, vile parts of it as if it were divine. Her love was as sharp as a dagger, piercing through the harsh flesh and bone of his ribcage and severing his heart from the confines of his chest. His love was a song, laced with both the insatiable depths of hel's wrath and the euphoric harmony of heaven's gates. Maybe they were not the heroes with kind hearts and noble causes they desperately wanted to be. Maybe they were always going to be broken. But somehow, that didn't matter, because in that moment, their scars glinted with the silver of stars and the bond hummed to a symphony deep to their bones. And that darkness they swallowed from each other's souls, tasted perfect on their tongues."
Excerpt from Chapter 37: 'The Redemption of Souls'
Summary
Gwyn was spiralling.
So fast and hard she barely could keep her grip on the world she had clawed up Ramiel for.
Azriel was burning.
So fierce and wild, he couldn’t help the long-forged walls that he had built going ablaze.
Some scars, no matter how different, look the same in the dark. What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, both spinning and flaming to the depths of the past? What happens when hidden scars are revealed, and we step into the shadows of our hearts?
Extended Summary
Set immediately after ACOSF, A Court of Scars and Shadows follows Gwyneth Berdara, Carynthian and new member of the Night Court's inner circle, as she navigates her newfound reality of being a Priestess and a Valkyrie, while dealing with being mated to a male dealing with his own trauma, who doesn't yet know about the bond.
Status
ACOSAS is a fully completed work comprised of 43 chapters and an epilogue.
Warnings
Please note this fic is intended for mature audiences and is rated explicit. Mature content and graphic scenes which might be disturbing to some (violence, references to SA, gore, sex) and so it is rated 18+ only.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the wonderfully talented and endlessly supportive @captain-of-the-gwynriel-ship for Beta reading and editing each chapter.
Credit
All characters and the ACOTAR world belongs to Sarah J Maas. This is a work of fan fiction that respects the author of which the original content came.
Please do not reproduce this fic for any form of profit!
