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Professor Riorson (Remi's Version)
"Remi for once can you please—" "Be an attentive student?" I widen my eyes. "Pay attention in class?" I just my lower lip out. "Of course!" My lips curve up. "I'm so excited to have a new teacher, Vi."
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Hello! After what we shall henceforth refer to as the Onyx Storm Incident, I did not know if I would ever write for this fandom again (yes, that was three days ago, I know, shut up).
Anyway, I figured I should try and push through my reservations early instead of letting my disappointment linger, so I set out to write a little palette cleanser. As usual I tried to write smut and ended up with four thousand words of feelings first 🤦🏼‍♀️
This is set in some sort of alternate (completely unbelievable) universe where Xaden never gave in to Remi's flirting when she was a first-year at Basgiath (oh and he's not a venin) everything else is irrelevant, just go with it.
It's also basically straight up erotica, so explicit content! Not for minors! Minors DNI or whatever the fuck they say over here (I really should be posting all these on AO3, but that's for another day).
Finally, I'm sorry to all the teachers out there, I hate this kink too but it's minimally emphasised (they're still them) and it was what my girl Remi deserved—why should Violet get Professor Riorson and not her, the Queen of Tyrrendor, the Angel of Death? So here we are.
PS. Justice for chairs! Hopefully you can all visualise what's going on here 😂🪑
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Professor Riorson (Remi's Version)
Fraternisation between cadets and those serving in higher chains of command, including the aggregate leadership cadré at Basgiath War College, is strictly forbidden. —Article Eight, Section One, The Dragon Rider’s Codex
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I tap my foot against the floor, levitating my pen above my hand almost subconsciously as Professor Devera informs the rest of the cadets just how fucked we actually are. "Welcome to the new face of battle, where we are not only outnumbered in the sky but now equally matched on the field in terms of the skill of our opponents."
Equally matched? We're not equally matched, we're absolutely fucked. It's hard to find the energy to care anymore, knowing what awaits us. Maybe if I had a signet like Violet's, I would be in with half a chance at survival, but mending? Yeah. I'm screwed.
Heads drop in the rows ahead of us, like everyone else is reaching the same conclusion.
"With that in mind, the nature of challenges will change under the supervision of Professor Emetterio to include wielding in order to better prepare you for actual combat. Death is no longer an acceptable outcome when you face your classmates. The days of settling your scores on the mat are over. We need each and every one of you to survive to graduation.”
I scoff aloud, drawing more than one person's attention. Death should never have been acceptable. The military, the system gains nothing from it, it's just a senseless waste of life.
“Easy to say when you’re not facing Sorrengail,” Caroline Ashton calls out.
My lips tilt up. I hope she ends up facing my sister.
“We aren’t going to throw you to the wolves,” Devera tells her. “The third class you’ll be adding will be a hands-on approach to prepare you for signet-against-signet combat. You’ll have a rotating roster of professors to benefit from all signet types, and the Eastern Wing has temporarily loaned us their most powerful rider to start your instruction.”
Violet stiffens beside me and I frown, glancing over at her. The Eastern Wing…wouldn't that mean…
“And on that note.” Devera gestures to the door at the back of the room, and slowly, I turn. “Look who just arrived—everyone, welcome our newest member of your leadership team. Professor Riorson.”
My heart skips a beat and my lips begin to curve into the most self-satisfied smirk I've worn in a while. This is going to be fun.
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Friday comes far too slowly for my liking, but finally it's our turn to head out to the Infantry Quadrant's outdoor amphitheatre. There's a skip in my step as we descend the stairs and Violet groans, eyeing me with disapproval.
"Remi for once can you please—"
"Be an attentive student?" I widen my eyes. "Pay attention in class?" I just my lower lip out. "Of course!" My lips curve up. "I'm so excited to have a new teacher, Vi."
Ridoc snorts, bumping me with his hip as he passes.
I glance up from my feet, taking in the man standing dead centre in the base of the amphitheatre, his impatience clear. His arms are crossed over his chest and his usual dark stare is ever-present as he watches us, waiting.
"This is incredible." Sloane is saying ahead of us, commenting on the weather and the temperature inside the amphitheatre's wards. It is warm in here and as Professor Riorson's eyes dart up to lock with mine, I shrug my arms out of my flight jacket. My pulse jumps at his continued attention and slowly I shake the snow from my braid.
"You're right, Sloane." I smile, running my hand over my hair. "It's so warm in here." I reach for the bottom of my shirt and draw that up too, pulling it over my head to leave me in just my leather pants and armoured corset.
"Remi!" Violet hisses and I smile innocently.
"What?" I lift a brow. "You don't want me to pass out, do you Vi?" She grumbles something about knocking me out, which I promptly ignore, dropping my things in the first row of stone seats beside our classmates.
If there's one thing my sister has always hated, it's my infatuation with Xaden Riorson. I suppose that's fair, given she shares a mind with him at times, but it does nothing to discourage me. If I see something I want, I go after it and I've wanted Xaden Riorson ever since I first laid eyes on him all those years ago at parapet.
Too bad he doesn't want me just as badly.
“Welcome to your first session of Signet Sparring, in what I like to call the pit.” He announces as we reach the base of the steps.
"Ominous." I mutter.
“Those who can wield, keep your feet on the rock but—and I cannot stress this enough—off the mat. Those who cannot, take a seat in the first row.” He gestures to the terraced stone behind us.
I assume it has something to do with the warding, so when Aaric and Lynx move to take a seat in the rows behind, I stand to follow.
"Remi Sorrengail!" Riorson calls. "I know you can wield."
I pause, turning slightly to arch a brow. "My signet is neither offensive nor defensive, sir." The slightest, most minuscule twitch jolts his shoulders at the word and I show him my teeth. "You wouldn't want me to get hurt, would you?"
An ember of desire flickers to life in my gut and I bite my lip, letting my eyes drag over him slowly from head to toe. The tight-fitting sparring gear is reminiscent of what he always wore in the quadrant when he was our wingleader, but the swords strapped across his back…they really add to it. It's doing something for me. A lot for me.
"I'll make sure you don't get hurt, Cadet Sorrengail." He reassures. "Take a seat. Now."
I hold his gaze for a moment, wishing he could read my mind and understand exactly what that tone is doing for me. For a second his eyes flare and then it's gone; his stony, unaffected mask falling back into place as he gestures to the first row where my sister waits.
"Whatever you say, sir." I simper, flopping down onto the stone.
"Sickening." Imogen mutters, rolling her eyes from my other side, and I grin. She's never liked my obsession with him either.
First wing begin to filter in, taking their places on the adjacent seating and Riorson's eyes dart left, then right. “Let’s go. It shouldn’t be this hard to sort yourselves out."
"You can sort me out—" All the breath rushes out of me in a wheeze as Imogen's elbow plants itself in my gut. "Ok." I cough, "understood." Violet stifles a laugh.
“You done gossiping among yourselves?” Riorson eyes First Wing with what I'd classify as menace.
“We were just saying that we’re not sure someone who graduated less than a year ago makes the best teacher.” Loran Yashil folds his arms.
I laugh aloud, drawing the attention of everyone in the amphitheatre. "Because you've been doing so well with Carr." I comment. "How many dark wielders do you think he's fought? Hiding back here behind the wards like a coward?"
"Remi!" Violet groans, though the chastisement holds no sting—I know she agrees with me.
What follows is perhaps the hottest display of power and dominance I've seen in a long while. He barely lifts a finger taking the third-year down and then proceeds to do it all over again…and again, and again until there's no one left but my sister and I.
"Sorrengail, you're up!"
Violet and I glance at each other and she lifts a brow. I wiggle mine in return. Quickly, we both leap to our feet and stride onto the mat.
"I meant—"
"You should have specified then." I cut him off, drawing my daggers from my corset.
"I didn't speak in plural." He all but rolls his eyes.
"Well that's just cheating, you can't both—"
I throw my blade to the side, never once breaking eye contact with Riorson. "Shut up, Caroline!" I call. Who asked her anyway?
Drawing another dagger to replace the one I'd thrown, I let my hips sway as I stride down the centre of the mat, coming to a stop directly in front of him. "If you're too afraid to fight us both, just say Professor." I taunt. "I don't mind if you want to have our session one on one."
He sucks in a deep breath through his nose, a muscle in his jaw feathering slightly. "You're infuriating." He murmurs.
"I think you like it." I whisper, tongue darting out to wet my lips, and the ground rumbles. Lightning strikes overhead and he drags his eyes up from my lips, locking gazes with me as shadows rush out, blacking out the area entirely.
"Fuck." I mutter, taking a step back, entirely blind. I take another and another until I run clear into a hard chest and an arm brackets my middle from behind.
"What was the point of this, Sorrengail?" He asks. "If I were venin, you'd be dead right now."
"You're not venin." I counter breathlessly. "If you were, the distraction wouldn't have worked."
"The—"
Boom.
Lightning strikes mere centimetres to his left, shaking the ground, lighting up the arena. I tear myself free from his hold, ignoring the shadows that chase me, caressing my hair, my cheek—and grin slyly. "We win." I smirk as sunlight filters back through. "You'd be dead if she wanted you dead."
He frowns, like the idea of it is ludicrous. "You'd be dead. You would have died before me."
I shrug my shoulders. "And she'd be alive." I tilt my head. "Like I said. We win."
With that I turn and walk away.
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"You really need to give it a rest." Violet sighs as she slings her pack over her shoulders, prepared to head down to Chantara with the others. "Remi, I'm…worried about you."
I huff, folding my arms over my chest. "Worried?"
"Worried." She confirms. "It's not healthy to go chasing after someone like this. He's not capable of loving you. There are plenty of people who—"
"Who said anything about love?" I interrupt. "I never said I wanted him to love me."
Violet looks at the ceiling like she's praying to Amari for patience. "You're you." She finally says softly, reaching out to take my hand. "I know you. You want love—and I know him—he's not capable of it."
I know she doesn't mean it critically, she's been orbiting him for quite some time now, her dragon being mated to his and all. So she knows him, better than I probably ever will as a result and she's probably right, but…
"Sometimes he looks at me and I think, just for a second…" I swallow hard.
Violet's expression softens. "I know, I see it too."
My face crumples. "Then why—"
"Because it doesn't mean he can, Rem." She squeezes my hand. "You've been chasing after him since the day you met and him liking you, doesn't mean he'll risk his heart and that's what he'd have to do—we're at war." My sister frowns. "It's all or nothing."
All or nothing.
"Fine." My voice cracks as I speak. "Fine. I get it."
My twin chews on her lip. "So you'll come to Chantara?" She whispers softly.
"No." I shake my head. "I'm going to see him, one last time." Violet's face falls. "I can do all or nothing," I whisper quietly, "but I need a chance to convince him it should be all."
"You've had—"
"No." I shake my head, my heart clenching in my chest. "I've joked and flirted and watched him spend hours of his time dragging you around, but I never made it clear…"
My sister breathes in deep, her shoulders rising like she's steadying herself. "He knows." She whispers, the words leaving her in a rush. "He knows, Remi."
I sit with that for a moment and then slowly, I nod. "Ok." I accept, my throat tightening.
"Ok?"
"Sure." I turn around, taking a seat on the edge of my bed. "I think I'll stay here anyway." I try and force a smile, but I'm sure it comes out as more of a grimace. "You go, Vi. Have fun with the others."
Her eyes are worried, but a lifetime of arguments and tears has told her when to push and when to leave well enough alone, so she leaves well enough alone. It takes a moment to collect myself, to pick the pieces of my heart up off the ground and place them back where they're meant to be, but when that's done and I've managed to still the shaking of my hands, I stand from the bed and head for the door.
If he doesn't want me that's fine, but he can tell me himself, one final time.
All or nothing.
I throw on my jacket and make my way down the hall, heading toward the school's academic wing. Pretty much everyone is either training or enjoying some recreational time, so I don't pass many people on the way there and when I raise my hand to knock, the hall is empty.
The door swings open with the help of lesser magic and I slip inside, not bothering to announce myself—the presence of a shadow curling up around my ankle tells me he knew exactly who was at his door before he ever opened it.
"Professor Riorson." I lift my eyes to his and attempt to shore up my resolve.
"Cadet Sorrengail." He leans back in his chair, folding his arms over his chest. "To what do I owe this visit?"
My heart pounds against my rib cage and my pulse flutters like a caged bird. There's a desk between us and metres of clean air, but it may as well be nothing. The atmosphere in the room is charged and I absently wonder if Vi warned him I might be coming.
"I…"
He waits, lifting a brow. "Yes?"
"I'm failing!" I blurt, suddenly losing my nerve. "I'm going to fail your class and I don't know how to…" His eyes hold mine, gold-flecked onyx practically smouldering.
"Try again." He instructs, lowering his hands to the armrests on his chair. He splays his knees casually, leaning back while his eyes seem to stare right through me.
"I'm sorry?"
His lips tilt up, just slightly. "That's not what you came here for." He shakes his head. "Try again and don't lie this time."
My mouth runs dry. Suddenly every conviction I had, every ounce of bravado flees my body and I want to be anywhere but here because I know…this is about to hurt. Having your heart ripped out always does.
"I…came to ask for an extra credit assignment?" I try again, clinging to the minuscule hope he might believe me. It's nothing Vi hasn't done before. Well, before Basgiath, but still.
Riorson smirks. "And your suggestion?"
I frown.
"You're the professor. Don't you decide…?"
The hair on my neck stands on end and I shiver as something brushes the end of my braid. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" He murmurs and my eyes blow wide.
"Uh…" His lips tilt.
"Not that it matters, you're lying again."
My mouth falls open. "Ok, you can't possibly know that!" I hiss. "You're not an inntinnsic, you have no idea what I'm thinking!"
"I know you." He counters. "You expect me to believe you, Remi Sorrengail, came here for an extra credit assignment?" He shakes his head.
"You don't know me!" I frown. "I've barely even seen you since you graduated." And not for lack of trying. I've personally been deployed up and down the Eastern Wing, but every time we've been at the same outpost he's miraculously busy. Violet however, sees him all the time. A fact I've always hated.
"Why are you here, Remi?" He tries again, looking more amused by the second and I can just tell—he knows. It shouldn't be a surprise to me. I've never made my interest a secret, I'm not ashamed of it, but that doesn't lessen the disappointment that even after all this time he'll refuse to give me the time of day when I know he's attracted to me too.
I lock my jaw and scowl. "Is there an answer you'll believe?" I finally utter, shame and frustration colouring my cheeks.
"Not extra credit."
I guess the all or nothing is going to be nothing then. How disappointing. I turn on my heel, refusing to waste a second more of my time on someone who clearly doesn't appreciate me.
"Remi." He calls sternly, his shadows tugging on my braid, and when the door won't open I resist the urge to stomp my foot like a sullen teenager—I want out.
My throat tightens. "Yes, sir?" I grit my teeth, glancing over my shoulder and his expression shifts like he's only now recognising the finality in the air. No more flirting, no more games, no more anything.
He closes his eyes and I recognise the minute twitches of his brow—he's talking to his dragon. I yank on the doorknob again but it refuses to turn, keeping me trapped in a mess of my own making.
When he stands from his chair and rounds the desk, my heart begins to flutter with panic.
"Sit down." He orders and I blink.
"No."
I'd have said it anyway, just to be contrary, but this time I mean it. I don't want to be here anymore.
"Sit. Down." His voice lowers, taking on a frustrated, threatening tone and my lip peels back from my teeth.
"No."
Before I can reach for a blade to defend myself with, his arms are around my waist and he's lifting me into the air, carting me back toward the desk like a sack of grain. He kicks the chair before it out of the way with his foot and deposits me on the desk's surface, sending papers scattering.
When I lash out with my foot, aiming to kick him somewhere painful, he catches my ankle between thick, powerful thighs. "Stop." He warns, his tone glacial. "Look at me."
Fuck you. I think, and when I glance up there's a hint of a smile on his lips.
"Sor—Remi." He corrects, leaning in. He plants large, calloused hands on my knees, keeping my thighs apart as he steps between them, ensuring I can no longer lash out at him with my boot. As his fingers curl around my knees, he leans in close enough for our jaws to brush, and I suck in a sharp breath.
"Sir?" My voice shakes and he all but groans.
He lifts a hand, tracing over my cheekbone with his thumb and my heart races. Each brush of his fingers, the feel of his stubble against my jaw, all of it—it sets my soul alight.
"Everything about this is inadvisable." He whispers, his voice gruff. "You are inadvisable."
I swallow hard. "So you've said." Never going to happen, he'd told me more than once while studying here.
"And yet…"
My muscles bunch, shoulders tensing. "…and yet?" I challenge, finally finding my voice.
He takes one breath and then another, and forces me to mourn the loss of his warmth as he steps away. "Article eight, section one—"
"You are not quoting the Codex at me!" I spit, eyes narrowing into a lethal glare as he takes another step. "You? Seriously?" Fury engulfs me, anger burning my chest with tendrils of white-hot rage. "You're a gods damned separatist, even now, Duke Riorson," I sneer, "and you're wedging the Codex between us?"
Of all things, of every excuse—
"You could be—"
"I'm exempt!" I throw my hands up, lashing out with my foot once more and growling with frustration as he halts it with his shadows. "Article eight, section one of the Dragon Rider's Codex states that calling cadets into active service in times of war may only be authorised by—"
"The Commanding General of Basgiath. I'm aware." He glares.
"So I'm no longer a cadet and I haven't been since July when they sent me to the front to mend." I point out.
"That's a technicality—"
"Oh so you're allowed to call technicalities and I'm not? Got it." I roll my eyes. "Just admit you don't want to fuck me professor and let's move on."
"In-ad-visable!" He yells, a deadly glare on his face and I jolt, rearing back a little. "If you were anyone else I'd have—" He seals his lips together and spins, facing the wall as he jerks a hand through his hair, gripping the dark strands roughly. I watch wide-eyed as his shoulders rise and fall, like he's short of breath.
"You'd what?" I whisper.
I don't dare move, frozen in place on the desk as I watch him, waiting with bated breath to see if he'll finally, finally tell me why. Why he refuses to see me as anything but Lilith Sorrengail's daughter, Brennan's little sister, Violet's twin. See ME, I want to scream at him. I deserve that.
When he turns, his eyes are dark and incensed. "If you were anyone else, I'd have bent you over that desk already and taught you a lesson."
My heart flies into my throat. "What?" It's barely more than a whisper leaving my lips.
He stalks back across the room, clearing the few feet he'd put between us, and slides his hand beneath my chin, long fingers curling around the back of my jaw to pull me in, tilting my face up to meet his. "You heard me."
Heat flushes my cheeks. "Wh…why not me?" I ask and embarrassingly enough, my voice breaks. "Why anyone but me? I'm—"
"Soft." His thumb drifts, brushing gently over my lips as he cups my jaw. "You have a soft heart, Remi Sorrengail, and I'm not the kind of man who can care for it."
I scoff, baring my teeth at him. "I'm a rider, same as you." I glare. "They don't call me the Angel of Death because I'm soft."
His hand slips, running back over my hair and down my loose braid. "Well they got the first part right." He murmurs, closing his eyes. I watch, taut as a bowstring as he takes one breath, then another. "Fuck." He mutters, face twisting up like he's in physical pain.
"Xaden?" I whisper, voice shaking.
"You have terrible timing." His hand tightens on my braid and then he's pulling, tugging me forward as he grasps my chin and seals his mouth over mine. My heart leaps into my throat and my chest tightens as he devours me, the hand on my hair sliding down to rest between my shoulder blades. His fingers splay as he pulls me in, holding me close.
His teeth nip at my lower lip and I gasp, tilting my head in submission as he slips his tongue into my mouth. Oh gods. I whimper, pressing myself further into his grasp as he kisses me thoroughly. A small sound of pleasure escapes my throat and he diverts his attention, nipping gently at my jawline.
His mouth moves right to the sensitive spot behind my ear, like he knows exactly where to nip, where to suck, where to pleasure to have me liquefy. His lips are warm against the shell of my ear as he whispers, "you choose now to take no for an answer?"
He worries the skin beneath it with his teeth and I moan, arching into him. "Y-ou didn't want me." I pant. "You've never—you—"
"I always want you." He growls. "You've been taunting me for years, angel." I gasp at the endearment, tilting my head to give him more access as he works his way down the column of my throat. "It's not a matter of want."
My fingers tighten on the timber of the desk behind me and I suddenly realise I no longer have to refrain from touching. Immediately I reach for him, slipping my hands beneath the leather of his flight jacket, running them up his sides to hold him to me.
"Then what?" I whisper, lifting a hand to rake through his hair, scratching my fingernails against his scalp as he sucks a mark into my throat. I want to touch him everywhere. "Xaden, please." I whimper, bringing my legs up to try and drag him closer. I need to wrap my thighs around him.
He groans, panting into my neck. "We should not be doing this." But he doesn't stop.
I gasp, arching upward so my chest brushes his as his fingers skate beneath the line of my corset. "You've yet to give me a good reason." I say, desire coiling low in my abdomen.
"I'm your teacher." He breathes, pulse skipping as I lock my ankles behind his lower back.
"And I'll be such a good girl for you."
Just like that, his control snaps. "Fuck, Remi." He pulls me forward forcefully, dipping his head to claim my lips once more. The kiss is deep and desperate, and I moan loudly into his mouth.
"So. Fucking. Tempting." His fingers tighten in my hair, pulling slightly on the silver-tipped strands and I moan again, heart pounding as my skin gets hotter and hotter.
He kisses like a man possessed, holding me to him like he can't get enough and when we finally part for air again, it's all I can do to keep from begging. I grasp his hand, dragging it from where it rests on the side of my neck, down over my chest, past my stomach and to the button on my leathers.
He barely hesitates, slipping his hand beneath my waistband. I toss my head back, a small gasp leaving my lips as he slides his fingers over my clit and and back up again. "Gods," I whimper, "please."
"Please, what?" He whispers, slowly drawing his fingers through my arousal.
"Please, sir?" I gasp, leaning back to meet gold-flecked onyx. He chuckles.
"I meant what do you expect me to do with you, angel?" His thumb slowly circles my clit in soft, barely-there movements, "but the respect is a nice touch."
I swallow hard, a red flush spreading down my neck, but I have him right in front of me and I refuse to falter now. "Please make me come." I whisper and he groans, hips rocking forward reflexively. "I'll be good for you, I promise."
His eyes are so dark they're almost entirely black despite the light in his office, and he pushes my legs from his hips, spreading my knees further apart as he pulls me to the edge of the desk.
"These need to come off. Now." His hands are already moving, undoing the buttons and sliding my pants down over my hips, taking my underwear with them. I lever myself up on my hands as he drags them down and drops to his knees before me, fingers working on the laces of my boots.
He pulls them off one by one and dumps them on the floor, and when my pants are finally off and I'm half-naked on his desk, he tips his head back and stares. I flush deeper as he remains kneeling on the floor, slipping his hands up to cup my knees.
He rests his head on the inside of my thigh for a moment, his hair brushing my skin, and parts my legs further. Anxiety flares and I glance up at the door uncertainly, suddenly realising where we are.
"Is that door locked?" My heart skips a beat.
"Does it make you wet?" He murmurs, "the idea of being caught?"
I swallow hard. "No."
My heart flutters against my rib cage and his eyes soften, lips pressing gently to my skin. "It's locked, angel. No one's getting in." He places another careful kiss on my inner thigh. "No one can hear us. It's just you and me."
Something inside me settles and I relax enough to reach out, threading my fingers through his hair. "Ok." I murmur, admiring the silky strands as he moves closer, drawing in a sharp breath as he wraps strong arms around my legs and pulls.
"Xa-Xaden." I whimper as he lowers his mouth to my heat, parting his lips.
"What happened to sir?" He lifts a brow, glancing up at me, and my stomach swoops.
"Sir," I whisper, my voice shaking.
I watch as his mouth curves up in a smirk. "Better." He agrees, and lowers it to my clit.
"Oh, gods." I moan aloud as he seals his lips around it, wasting no time with foreplay. He flattens his tongue and I can't help but rock my hips, both my hands flying into his hair.
My back arches as he scrapes his teeth over me and I quickly slam one hand down behind me to keep from losing my balance, sending pens scattering everywhere.
"Look at you, making a mess." He murmurs between languid strokes of his tongue.
My chest heaves and I grip his hair tighter, trying to still the movement of my hips. "I'll make—a mess—of you." I pant, the last word pitched higher as he closes his mouth around me and sucks.
"Promises, promises." He murmurs as he drags his fingers along my inner thigh teasingly. "Are you going to come on my face, angel?" He asks, barely looking up as he slips a finger inside me.
I moan, arching as my heart pounds, desire coiling low and tight in my gut as I clench around his finger. "I—" I can't get a word out, entirely breathless as he sits back on his heels and waits, lips shining with the evidence of my arousal.
"Look at you." He whispers, lifting his thumb to swirl it around my clit. "So wet for me already."
"Yes," I breathe, curling my fingers tighter in his hair. "Always for you."
He drags his finger out and presses it back in again, eyes never leaving his hand. I squirm in place, wanting—needing—more. He thumbs at my clit almost playfully, finally looking up to watch my reaction and I whimper, screwing my own eyes shut.
"Can you take another for me?" He asks, moving his finger teasingly.
"I can take all of you." I whine, twisting with impatience. "I want your cock, please Xaden?" He lifts a brow and I already know exactly what he's going to say.
"Ask me nicely."
There it is. I swallow hard. "Please, sir?" I soften my voice, ignoring the embarrassment that flares in my chest. I'll beg if it gets me there. "I want to come on your cock."
"You will." He responds, stroking my inner wall with his finger. "Just not yet. Be a good girl and let me have my fun."
I manage to refrain from more than a single disgruntled whimper as he ignores my plea, starting circles with his thumb again. When he slides a second finger home beside the first and curls them up, I cry out, tugging on his hair to bring him close.
"Please, your mouth."
He flattens his tongue obediently and I gasp and whimper as he begins moving it over my clit in time with his fingers. He laps at me as he slides them in and out, curling them up to press against a spot that almost sends me over the edge.
"There! There, please!"
I decide I hate the desk. It's hard and uncomfortable, and it provides poor leverage, keeping me from rolling my hips or fucking myself against his face.
He swirls his tongue and presses his fingers up simultaneously, and the action takes me entirely by surprise, tossing me unceremoniously over the edge. "Xaden!" I cry out, jerking against him as I shatter, coming apart on his tongue.
His head is squeezed tightly between my thighs as I shudder, hips jerking, and he moans against me, sending my heart rate soaring as the vibration of it rumbles through my clit. I gasp, clenching my cunt down around his fingers.
I don't know where to look, what to hold onto as my pleasure rolls over me in waves. Sweat slicks my skin and when he finally pulls away, licking his lips in self-satisfaction, his eyes gleam. "I can't wait to get my cock in you."
I moan, tightening around the fingers still inside me. "You could have already been in me." I pant, whimpering as he finally rises to his feet, showing no signs of the difficulty I know I'd be experiencing if I were on my knees that long.
He slips his fingers free and brings them to his lips, holding my gaze as he licks them clean. My stomach swoops like I've done an aerial dive and my lips part, surprise and arousal no doubt written all over my face. Gods.
"Patience, cadet." He lectures, grasping my chin roughly. "You've been so good," he croons, leaning in to kiss me. "You don't want to ruin that now, do you?" When he slips his tongue past my lips, I can taste myself on him and I moan into his mouth, skin heating beyond comprehension. It feels like when I wield—all my power building up inside me, only now it's pleasure; building and building again until I'm ready to explode.
"We're going back to that?" I pant as we part. "You don't like your name on my lips?"
"I like you obedient." He fires back, his hand gripping the back of my neck. "You've spent years taunting me, having your fun at my expense. I think I'm owed some recompense."
I almost roll my eyes. Almost.
"You could have had me at any time." I whisper. "If you waited, that's on you." I tilt my head up, closing the gap between us myself for the first time as I kiss him sweetly. "Your room, mine, the sparring mats…" I murmur. "I've thought about us everywhere."
"And this…?" He asks, eyes heated. "What were you picturing when you came down here, all innocent, asking about extra credit?" His hands move to his own leathers and my heart skips a beat as he begins undoing buckles, removing his weaponry with quick, efficient movements.
"What were you picturing when you walked in here, Remi, and saw me sitting behind my desk?" He moves onto the button at his waistband, popping it open. I watch, breath hitching as he frees his cock, pushing his pants down slightly as he begins to stroke. "Was this what you had in mind?"
A small sound escapes me, more of a squeak than anything else, and I suddenly find myself at a loss for words. He's…sizeable. He grasps the front of my corset, dragging me up off the desk, levering me to my feet. I tilt my head back to look at him, but our eyes only meet for a second before he's pushing, turning me around and down.
I catch myself on my hands, palms flat on the desk, fingers splayed wide and gasp as he presses himself in behind me, a hand grasping my braid. He leans down, mouth warm against my ear and says, "be a good girl and spread your legs."
I obey on reflex, but I'm certain my skin is so red it looks like I've reached burnout. "Xa-Xaden…" My fingers tighten on the dark timber and I gasp as he presses down on my spine, forcing my back to bow, lifting my ass against him.
"You look so pretty like this." He murmurs in my ear and I jolt as he drags a finger up through my folds, adding a second to gently hold me open. I can feel his fingers on my skin, hear the stroke of his hand on his cock as he prepares himself, but all I can see is papers and tomes.
I gasp as the head of his cock presses against my entrance, heart fluttering wildly, and as he starts to slowly push inside, I panic. "Wait!" I call, reaching behind my back, searching for his hand. "Wait, wait, wait." I pant, anxiety thrashing in my chest as he freezes, holding completely still.
His hand closes over mine, fingers threading between my own and I squeeze tightly, trembling in place. "Not like this." I swallow hard, shaking my head. "Not—" Before I can finish speaking he has me on my feet, spun around and held against him, his cock pressing against my stomach as he spears his hand into my hair, guiding my eyes to his.
"Remi?" He asks seriously.
My lip shakes and a small, mortified sound escapes my throat. "I want to see you." I whisper. "The first time…I want to see you." I want to look into his eyes. I want to see the way his brows knit, the way his lips part in pleasure as he drives into me. I want him to see me and know it's me and no one else. I want all of him.
His gaze softens and he dips his head, kissing me softly, his movements slow and languid. It eases the pressure in my chest, the small part of me that thought speaking up might be a deal breaker, and when we part he reaches down and lifts me off my feet, carrying me in quick strides to the chair behind his desk.
"Tell me if you want to stop." He murmurs, pressing his lips to my cheek, my jaw, my throat.
My knees settle on either side of him and I hover in place for a moment, waiting for his eyes to return to mine once more. "I don't want to stop."
Slowly, I sink down on his cock, holding his gaze as I take inch after inch of him until I finally have to close my eyes, tipping my head back in rapture. "Gods, Xaden."
He exhales slowly and his voice is strained when he speaks again. "So tight, Remi." He murmurs, lips brushing my cheek. "So wet for me."
I moan, tipping my head into his neck as he jerks his hips up, pressing against all the right places. The stretch is just this side of too much and it's exquisite and entirely worth the wait. I reach around him, gripping the back of his chair as I lever myself up and drop back down again, squeezing my walls tight around his cock.
"Good girl," he praises, sliding his hands up my spine as he encourages me to move.
I blink my eyes open, kissing my way up his jaw, sucking a mark of ownership into his neck. I want everyone to know exactly what he's been up to in here—I want them to know he's taken. I lean back until I can see him properly—see every minuscule expression as I gyrate on his cock. "I've wanted this for so long." I gasp. "Wanted you."
He lifts a hand, brushing my hair from my eyes and the other palms my hip, encouraging me to move. "I know." He murmurs, shadows slipping free from his control. "I know everything, Remi. All your wants, your needs, everything." Wisps of black curl up around me, brushing my skin, disappearing beneath my clothes. "I'm just as fucking obsessed with you as you are with me." My stomach swoops.
"Are you—" I gasp, arching my spine as something cold brushes lightly against my clit. "Is—is that?" I can't even get the words out I'm so short of breath.
"Me." He whispers, thrusting harder. "All of me, all over you."
I groan, tipping my face back into his neck as I wrap my arms around his shoulders, holding on tight. I could interpret that very differently. "Do you want it harder, angel?" He murmurs, teeth nipping at my earlobe.
I nod furiously, panting as he snaps his hips up, pulling me down at the same time. "Please, Xade."
He sets a quick, unrelenting pace, slamming home inside me with the same desperation I feel, like he needs it—like he's a man starved. "You're so perfect, Rem." He praises, breath rattling out of him as his shadows circle my clit. They endless and determined just like him, slipping low beneath the neckline of my corset as he drives his cock into me over and over again.
"Are you going to come again for me?" He pants against my ear as I tighten around him. "Let me come inside you? Fill you up?"
"Yes, yes, yes—" The coil of pleasure building in my abdomen bursts and I cry out, holding on tight as fire floods my veins, nerve endings lighting up like a shooting star. "Xaden! Xaden—" I gasp and shudder, curling into him as he continues thrusting, chasing his own peak.
I'm so over-sensitised I can't help but whimper against his throat, my fingers tightening on his arms with every stroke. His thrusts grow less and less controlled as he hurtles toward the same cliff I'd just toppled over, and I clench down tight around him, sucking another mark into the juncture between his neck and shoulder.
"Fuck!" He curses, teeth lodging in my dragonscale armour as his hips give one final jerk and he spills inside me with a groan. His chest rises and falls rapidly beneath my cheek and I smile softly to myself, keeping my eyes down. "Gods." He rests his head on my shoulder, arms curling around me to hold me close, and I do the same to him, my heart swelling in my chest.
I lie my cheek on his chest, listening to his heartbeat as he presses a kiss to the back of my neck. His breathing begins to even out, pulse slowing but I hold onto him just as tightly still, keeping him close.
My knees are beginning to ache and the width of his hips isn't exactly comfortable for mine, but I don't dare move, knowing the second I do this will be over and I'll have to face reality again—awkward, uncertain reality.
I'm just as obsessed with you as you are with me, he'd said—but is he really? That seems unlikely.
"Remi." He murmurs, his arms falling from my sides, and I bite down hard on the inside of my lip, throat tightening. "Angel, we can't stay like this." He chuckles.
"Yes we can." I murmur petulantly into his neck, not loosening my grip an inch.
"I have a meeting in ten minutes." He replies, hand firm in the centre of my spine, "and while I'm happy to work with my cock inside you, I don't share."
A barely audible sound of surprise lodges in my throat. "Share?" I ask quietly, a tendril of hope curling in my chest.
He tugs gently on my braid, encouraging me to lean back so our eyes can meet. "You're mine, Remi, and I don't share my things with anyone." He says sternly.
That kind of possessive alpha bullshit should not fly with me. If it were anyone else, I'd probably punch them square in the nose for their insolence and tell them I'm not an object, but he's not anyone else and for him…
"Yes, sir." I whisper, cheeks flushing, and he groans, hips stuttering below me as his body makes a valiant attempt at an encore.
"Remi!" He chides and my lips curl up in a smirk, emboldened.
"Was that enough for extra credit, Professor Riorson? Am I passing your class?"
"Fuck." He mutters, mostly to himself. "If anyone finds out—"
"I'm happy to warm your cock while you work," I murmur, "if you still think I need extra instruction."
"Remi!" He groans, lifting me off him completely. "You're going to be the death of me." I guess he wasn't kidding about having a meeting to go to.
He sets me on my feet and I stare up at him innocently, chewing on my lower lip. "I feel so empty without you inside—"
"For fuck's sake!" He curses, sending a shadow to curl around my mouth. I go to speak further, to taunt him again, and find the dark mass blocks all sound—I can't so much as whisper in his direction for as long as he can wield. I pout, staring up at him with wide, wet eyes.
"How important is this meeting?" I sign, hands moving rapidly in the air. "I'll be lonely without your—" Shadows zip forward, swirling around my wrists to lock them tight together, binding my hands.
He finishes buttoning his pants and folds his arms over his chest, staring at my half-naked form in the middle of his office, completely unimpressed. "I suppose insecure Remi is gone then?" He asks, striding forward to cup my jaw with his hand.
That scores a direct hit and I guess he somehow knows it, because his fingers gentle as they tip my chin up. "Torment me in public and you won't like the punishment."
I'm absolutely certain I will.
Almost as if he hears my thoughts, his eyes narrow and he scowls. "I promise you won't, angel. I'll bring you to the edge over and over again and leave you there, bound and desperate while I get myself off—every day until you've learned your lesson."
I swallow hard.
"Thought so." He hums. "But if you're good, I'll help you come—on my face, on my hand, on my cock…over and over and over again." Onyx eyes glitter. "It's your choice, baby."
Baby. The word hits me like a punch in the gut and my chest tightens. "I can be good." I blurt the second his shadows disappear. "I promise."
"Good girl." The hand around my jaw curls up and he drags me in, dipping his head to place a soft, reverent kiss on my lips. "Go clean up and I'll see you tonight, Cadet Sorrengail."
I breathe in deep, a small smile touching my lips as I reach for my pants, hands shaking with relief. "Ok." His hand skates over my back as I finish dressing and he guides me toward the door to his office.
"And Rem?" He calls, halting me when my hand is on the doorknob. "That technicality is bullshit—it's not flying with anyone in leadership and you know it, so for fuck's sake keep this to yourself until this posting is over."
I bare my teeth in a grin, a joyful laugh bubbling past my lips. "Whatever you say, sir."
Who knew academia could be this satisfying?
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skyfallscotland · 3 months ago
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Happy 1st Birthday to my baby Fear & Flame! ✨🐉
A whole year of Remi Sorrengail! (And half a million words). What a wild ride it’s been. Thanks for sticking around 🖤
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skyfallscotland · 7 months ago
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“Would you like to learn about our lord and saviour, Remi Sorrengail?” — @justallihere Xaden Riorson, probably.
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skyfallscotland · 10 months ago
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“I already told you what I find acceptable and what I don’t.” He aims at my mother. “Either you ensure her safety or I’ll start making your life very, very difficult.” 
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skyfallscotland · 10 months ago
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His chin rests atop my head. “Don’t listen to them.” He comforts me, tucking my face into his neck beneath his chin, like he knows I’m a hairsbreadth away from breaking and I won’t want my mother to see that.  “You do what you need to do to survive.” He instructs.  “Even if it means people are…repulsed by my existence?” I frown, trying to keep myself from shaking. I’ve never been popular—never wanted to be, I don’t like other people—but the complete and constant misjudgement of my character is getting to me. I’m not the awful person they think I am and while that reputation can sometimes be useful to take advantage of, it’s also…hurtful.  “No one’s repulsed by you, angel.” He chuckles quietly. “They’re scared of you, the same way they’re scared of me.”
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skyfallscotland · 10 months ago
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Sgaeyl: Hey, Tairn says that Lía says that Remi just shoved a boy off a cliff
Xaden: He probably deserved it
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skyfallscotland · 1 year ago
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“Remi,” he sighs quietly, his tone frustrated and I spin on my heel, intending to scale Lía’s foreleg so we can just leave already. Before I can even begin he’s wrapping his arms around me tightly, hauling me back into his chest. “Baby.” He presses his face to my neck, breathing me in as he smothers me in a bear hug. “Come here.”  I remain stoic as he presses gentle kisses along my jawline. “I love you.” He rocks us from side to side. “More than chocolate cake.” My lips tick up a little against my will.  “You promise?” I hate the way my voice cracks. He squeezes me tighter. “Endgame, remember?” 
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skyfallscotland · 11 months ago
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"She would never harm Tyrrendor and if any of you try and take her, I am not giving a speech at your wake."
— Xaden Riorson, Head of the Remi Sorrengail Fanclub
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skyfallscotland · 11 months ago
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My question here is why is Xaden so angry when Remi said that they are done when he's usually an emo dramatic guy?
I don't want to give too much away, because the whole conversation is going to pull on your heartstrings for sure (you know I always aim to make people cry like an evil overlord 😈) but since a few people are kind of saying the same thing, I'll share a little future snippet below.
It's more frustration for Xaden in that moment. They're both stressed and feeling the pressure, Xade's thinking they might be walking to their deaths and all of a sudden he feels like his girlfriend might leave him? Xaden 'anxious attachment' Riorson?
So not only might they be about to die, if he doesn't have to watch her die, she's going to walk away? And he's the one who's causing all her grief and upset? This woman that he loves? All of his stress and fear compounded resulted in anger, which is unusual for him because he's generally collected, but it's a lot. And it's been a lot for days while he's had to remain strong for her and just kind of accept whatever she feels she wants to give him, so basically, don't blame him for exploding, he's a good boy, I promise 🥹🥹
“I told you if you still felt the same way once you’d thought about it logically, then we’d talk.” He points out. “I wanted to give you time. Space away from me, because it felt like I was only upsetting you.” He says softly and the hurt undertone to his voice breaks my heart. “But the fact is…you weren’t the only one who was struggling.” He admits, looking away, and I can see him fighting himself, an internal war visible on his face as he tries to be open about his feelings.  “I was stressed and angry and scared.” He breathes out.
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skyfallscotland · 11 months ago
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“Or, you just killed him for sport.” I blink, a little taken aback. “You have a reputation for a reason.” He says it derisively, like it’s something to be ashamed of. I can only laugh—any mention of that reputation has Xaden grinning, proud, and maybe it’s a little fucked up, but I’d take his appreciative smile and his soft kisses on the side of my neck any day over this random idiot’s opinion of me.
our character witness says she's an angel, your honour, case closed.
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skyfallscotland · 1 year ago
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“And yet, he’d still have only taken you as a consort.” My partner snorts, derision in his tone. “He wouldn’t have fought for you.” His tone is fierce. “He’d condemn Alic’s words, but prove him right in action, and he thinks he deserves you, when that’s all he can offer?”
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skyfallscotland · 1 year ago
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I’m still ruthless and monstrous and everything this world needs me to be—but there’s also a heart beating inside my chest now, and it beats for you.
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skyfallscotland · 1 year ago
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I was wondering if we’re going to learn more about Remi’s skill level as a mender in T&T. For example, mending a dragon seems really difficult, especially for a first year. Could Brennan have done/do that? Is Remi a normal mender or above average?
Sort of yes, sort of no.
She's absolutely above average and I put that down to the way her mind works and her more advanced knowledge of the human body and its systems/structure. That's why she's taking to it so quickly, because she can envision in her mind what she needs her power to do.
She's still learning and there are things she can't manage, but she's excelling at a rate faster than anyone has before. Basically she has more knowledge than Brennan and Lía is more powerful than Nolon's dragon, so eventually she'll be better than both of them.
I also kind of think Brennan would simply never try to mend a dragon and that perhaps it's never been done before at all. Dragons are exceptionally hardy for one, so it probably doesn't come up super often outside of civil war situations, since they haven't been clashing with wyvern all this time, and I don't think it would occur to Brennan to help others. Not saying he's a bad guy, but I kind of think of him as having been raised with that 'rider' mindset which separates him from Remi and Vi. Like when Vi wants to get the wards up in IF and his immediate response is no, weapons win wars. It's a very rider-mentality.
So in summary, after that possibly too-long explanation, it's touched on as it happens here and there, but not explicitly discussed just because there's so many other things going on. She's going to be getting a lot of practice in T&T, so she'll be excelling at a rapid rate.
Xaden perhaps puts it best (in chapter ten, my favourite I've written so far):
“You’re powerful, Remi.” He whispers softly. “With time, you’ll be strongest mender in centuries, I’m sure of it.” I jolt at that. “It’s what makes us so terrifying to them—the thought of what we could do together.” I smile slightly. “But that doesn’t make you invincible.”
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skyfallscotland · 10 months ago
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ah i was screeching about how in the new chap xaden keyed her into the wards to let her in even in samara 🥺🥺 the way hes thinking of her always, im so soft for them!!!
Ohhh!! I thought you were talking about THE wards, like the big big ones, and I was like uhhh shit, what did I get wrong? 😂
Yes, they are the cutest, sweetest, etc and I’m so sad he’s not real lmao
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