20 Works in Canon Divergence - Book 4: A Court of Silver Flames
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A Court of Fury and Silence (Rewrite) by diabolic_angel
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
18 Oct 2025
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For Nesta Archeron, the war is far from over. Haunted by her past and crushed by expectations, she takes the only escape she sees possible: disappearing. She finds an anonymous refuge, a forgotten town hidden deep in the mountains where no one knows her name.
But the Night Court sees all, and no one can hide from its lethal Spymaster.
When Azriel finds her, it is his duty to bring her back. Yet, in her broken eyes, he recognizes a familiar darkness and makes a decision that will change everything: to protect her secret.
Isolated from the world in the quiet of the mountains, their true selves begin to emerge. He finds in Nesta someone who isn't afraid of his shadows, and she finds in Azriel someone who understands the language of pain. Without anyone else knowing, they build an unexpected sanctuary: in one another. A love that blossoms in silence and is strengthened with every shared truth.
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Arc I: Leaving the Sky Behind (1/5)
Arc II: Where the World Ends (6/?)
Arc III: Where Shadows Go to Watch
Arc IV: The Space Between Words
Arc V: A Stolen Fire
Arc VI: The Collapse
Arc VII: Hearts at War
Arc VIII: Where the Silence BeginsSeries
- Part 2 of A Court of Fury and Silence
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A Court of Fury and Silence by diabolic_angel
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
20 Sep 2025
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For Nesta Archeron, the war is far from over. Haunted by her past and crushed by expectations, she takes the only escape she sees possible: disappearing. She finds an anonymous refuge, a forgotten town hidden deep in the mountains where no one knows her name.
But the Night Court sees all, and no one can hide from its lethal Spymaster.
When Azriel finds her, it is his duty to bring her back. Yet, in her broken eyes, he recognizes a familiar darkness and makes a decision that will change everything: to protect her secret.
Isolated from the world in the quiet of the mountains, their true selves begin to emerge. He finds in Nesta someone who isn't afraid of his shadows, and she finds in Azriel someone who understands the language of pain. Without anyone else knowing, they build an unexpected sanctuary: in one another. A love that blossoms in silence and is strengthened with every shared truth.
But in a world of spies and secrets, how long can a clandestine love last before everything comes crashing down?
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- Part 1 of A Court of Fury and Silence
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A Court of Healing and Shifting by Bookish_Gal
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
05 Sep 2025
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Post ACOFAS; ACOSF Divergence. After the War with the King of Hybern, Tamlin is deteriorating and his court is in shambles. When two children come to him and beg for sanctuary, Tamlin temporarily finds the strength to begin anew. But mental health is complicated, and trauma is a tricky thing to manage. As Tamlin rebuilds his court and finds a family of his own, he uncovers secrets about himself, his heritage, and the origin of his shapeshifting. But there are new dangers, new magics, and new enemies on the horizon. And if Tamlin cannot find the strength to both heal from his trauma and accept himself for what he is, then his court‒and all of Prythian‒will be doomed.
Aka: A healing and redemption arc for Tamlin where he's still held accountable for being a bad person and where I rescue all the good characters from the Inner Circle. Because I can’t hate some characters (Tamlin, Nesta, etc.) when they’re ALL horrible. That’s just hypocritical.
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Fire on Ice by Alaskabookslover16
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
17 Aug 2025
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In which Nesta does not meet Gwyn and Emerie but finds salvation near Eris Vanserra instead.
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Sleep Now in the Fire by wishcamper
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
22 Jul 2025
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Deep in the wilderness, Nesta is convinced Cassian has brought her there to kill her.
Cassian isn’t her executioner, but he is questioning everything that led him to this moment. Including the brother whose demands for loyalty are forcing his hand.
The old Illyrian adage rings true: the most dangerous male is the one in the next bed over.
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Forged in the Silver Shadows by morticiaaddams_lite
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
11 Jun 2025
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Her hands twitched with unspent magic swelling inside her. “Forgive me dear sister” she interjected, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “I am not inclined to believe you in the slightest when you so clearly have become the very thing you fought against - a tyrant who would control others’ lives so freely.” she cocked her neck to the side.
“Or is this all your mate’s doing? Tell me Feyre, have you simply gone from being Tamlin’s puppet to being one for your Highlord ?”
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A partial rewrite of ACOSF with Cassian actually behaving like Nesta's mate.Like many of us, I don't like the lack of comfort following the hurt in ACOSF. Not to mention how butchered Rhys's character became (SJM, look how you have massacred my boy) or how unnecessarily cruel and petulant the IC became.
Goes without saying that if you don't like Nesta or don't particularly care for IC being held accountable then this isn't for you :)
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To Dust Or To Gold by MaladaptiveDaywriting for secret_third_thing
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
25 May 2025
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Eris calls in his bargain with Rhysand: he wants Nesta to join him in the Autumn Court to help him in his scheme to bring down his father.
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A story I've read before by Alaskabookslover16
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
16 Apr 2025
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Caged in a house she cannot escape, Nesta crumbles. She is a wingless bird and will fall to her death. And no one will care. Here, loneliness smells of salt and blood. She walks the forsaken, shadowed corridors like a ghost awaiting penance. But friendship can bloom in the darkest places and maybe, one day, the sky will clear up and the sun will shine, bright and free.
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One Step at a Time by Hecuba1
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
03 Feb 2025
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Starting with the famous Fall on the stairs, my alternative take on ACOSF where Nesta actually goes on a healing journey and a more realistic take on how she and Cassian find a way to each other.
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How the Intervention could have ended by fallingsky
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
19 Nov 2024
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My take on Nesta getting the Ultimatum between the human lands or the House of Wind.
A slightly less OOC Nesta than in ACOSFNote: i‘m not a native English speaker, so please excuse some mistakes in grammar and spelling.
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To Pay a Debt by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
11 Oct 2024
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When Nesta realizes Feyre has not included her in any of their family paintings, the sting of her exclusion is sharper than she could have ever imagined.
Desperate to relieve Feyre and her new family of the burden that she was, she did the only thing she could think of: run.
An alternate take after ACOFAS, in which Feyre not painting Nesta gets addressed, the Inner Circle gets a little bit of a reality check, and everyone kind of learns to communicate.
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I've Always Liked to Play With Fire by catalyste
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
12 Sep 2024
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You wake up being healed in the Night Court after an attack from Hybern left your village in carnage. It's the last place you want to be, and you find yourself clashing with the High Lord and Lady, who banish you to the House of Wind where you meet Nesta Archeron. The two of you devise a plan to flee the Night Court, with the help of Eris Vanserra.
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you could be the king, now watch the queen conquer by thundernoblechristine
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
17 Aug 2024
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In which the Oorid sequence of ACOSF is rewritten with Elain instead of Nesta, I plant the seeds of Cassian's one sided infatuation with Azriel, Rhysand and Feyre become mother hens, and Azriel keeps his walls up until they crack.
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Contemplation by Bookish_Gal
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
10 Nov 2023
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Nesta can’t save Feyre's life in time in ACOSF, so Feyre dies in childbirth… and wakes up 3 years in the past, just as she was resurrected as a High Fae by the High Lords. Feyre has been given a second chance, a chance to change her future. And she’s going to take it.
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- Part 1 of The Contemplation Saga
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Day 3 of CassianAppreciationWeek
Nesta is sent to stay with Cassian in Illyria after her sister decides she’s no longer allowed in Velaris. The two don’t say much about how they feel about the other, but in rare moments Cassian’s gentle nature makes it clear where he and his heart stand when it comes to Nesta.
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Cassian’s muscled chest heaved, his throat working. ‘You want to rip yourself apart, go right ahead. Implode all you like.’ He stood, meal half-finished. ‘The training was supposed to help you. Not punish you. I don’t know why you don’t fucking get that.’
Nesta blinked at him again, disbelief ringing in her head until the reverberations tunnelled her vision.
‘And who, exactly,’ she asked, voice pitched deceptively low and soft. ‘Told you that it would help me?’
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Nesta stands up for herself a bit more.
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With Eyes Like Silver Fire by Chocolatepants
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
15 Aug 2022
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I couldn't stop thinking about the dance scene from ACoSF and felt like I needed more. So here's this I guess.
Nesta had made it past the war with her sisters and her sanity. What more could a girl ask for? Apparently quite a bit. When Nesta meets Eris at a dance at the Court of Nightmares she finds herself intrigued by what he can offer her. She finds herself even more intrigued by what she can offer him.
A short trip to the Autumn Court that could change the direction of both of their lives.
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Of Death and Resurrection by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
05 Aug 2022
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Nesta was prepared to die. For Feyre, she would give everything.
When Nesta sacrifices herself to save Feyre, the only person able to save her is the one who has hated her the most: Rhys.
Cassian was so tired of watching his mate drown in her self hatred, her despair, and he'd just wanted her to find peace. But now, he would do anything for her to wake up and come back to him, even if it meant living through that grief and sorrow all over again.
This is an AU for ACOSF, where Nesta trades her life for Feyre's instead of giving up her power, only it doesn't go as the Cauldron expects. This will focus heavily on Rhys and Nesta learning about each other and resolving their differences, as well as addressing how Nesta's trauma was handled by the IC (Also Rhys will apologize for his secret keeping).
CW: Sexual assault, suicidal thoughts/attempts/ideation, child abuse, trauma, grief, and death.
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- Part 1 of In the Name of Healing and Happiness
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AU Where We Pretend ACOSF Didn't Happen by Theladyofbloodshed
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
19 Jun 2022
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An alternative story to ACOSF that takes places after the Solstice in ACOFAS - but Nesta and Cassian have both reluctantly admitted to themselves that they are mates. Giving Nesta the story she deserves.
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A Court of Blood and Ash by starrbirrd
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
25 Mar 2021
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Anjali is a demi-fae.
Bastard born, hated by both sides, it's safe to say she's never had it easy in life. She's spent a good chunk of it hidden, and a majority keeping to herself. She looks after the humans if they need it, but she never gets attached, and she never interacts with the fae.
Unfortunately for her, the same can't be said in reverse.
After an incident where she uses a burst of the power she's been trying to ignore since it developed, a fae male inserts himself into her business whether she wants him there or not. He's got a deal for her, and if she helps him succeed in his nefarious plans, she'll get answers to questions she's had for years, and training to control the force inside of her. If they fail, it's possible both the foreign fae lands and the human villages she's been protecting will fall victim to a ruler worse than the one they'd barely escaped years before.
The plan, thankfully, isn't difficult.
She just needs to take out several highly powerful faeries.
And a High Lord.
But Anjali has never had it easy in life, and it hasn't stopped her before. She'll help the stranger, begrudgingly, even though she knows it could cost her everything.