Even in the darkest night, there is a star

by RavenclawViking

Suddenly, Will knows what he wants. It’s this. All of it. The dispassionate touch of magic. A force bigger than him bending him to its will. He wants to be small and remote. Not part of his body, not in control. He wants to be nothing. Just a plaything. A string puppet of the mercy of its master.

Saracean would hate it. Every minute, every second, every breath.

It’s perfect.

Will just has to play his cards right.

An alternate version of what happens when James seeks Will out at the inn at the end of the first book.

Words: 5103, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Underage Sex

Categories: M/M

Characters: Will Kempen, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair

by Sappho_Lovell

London, February 1824 James had his rules for dealing with Stewards. Never show familiarity, never let them in if he has open wounds, and never ask them what they're doing with the blood.

OR

When the Vampire King returns, James must choose between the lesser of two evils to escape a fate that he never chose for himself. At least not in this life.

Words: 8203, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Red and Sweet as Cherry Wine

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: James St Clair, Will Kempen, Sarcean (Dark Rise Series), Violet Ballard, Sinclair (Dark Rise Series), Jannick (Dark Rise Series), the Elder Steward

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair, Violet Ballard & James St Clair, Sarcean/James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

by Mady_Lacbeth

There are those that want him enough to hunt him, till their hands close around his neck, pressing bruises to his necks, a collar around his neck, till he can't breathe.

  There are those, or just the one more like it, that loves him enough to set him loose. But he's been captured in his gilded cage for so long, he doesn't think he knows how to be free.

  And there are those that care about him, the way you care about a weapon, constantly feeding him, the way you would treat your horse. Not with love, but with a rough sort of care.

  Anything's better than London, though.

Words: 1121, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 34 of Dark Rise fics

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Violet Ballard, Will Kempen, Marcus is here but he's just haunting the narrative like always

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair, Marcus & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

by vyvynellys

James wasn’t someone who let go.

Or the recollection of everything that happened and will happen again.

Words: 5228, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair, Anharion/Sarcean (Dark Rise Series)

by BADDIE_Agaflop_all_along69

After the disaster that happened in Undahar, Violet manages to track Will in order to stop the Dark King's reign for good. Little does she know that darkness flows from the most unexpected of places.

Words: 1392, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M, Multi

Characters: Will Kempen, Violet Ballard, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Violet Ballard & Will Kempen, Violet Ballard & Cyprian & Will Kempen, Will Kempen/James St Clair

by Milkhat64

Will just stood there and watched as his life was turned upside down, again. Was there anything he could have done? It didn't matter. He would force it to work out through sheer force of will. They were all he had left. The darkness would never reach them, he would make sure of it.

Words: 1531, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Will Kempen, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Devon (Dark Rise Series), Violet Ballard, Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Katherine Kent, Elisabeth Kent, Tom Ballard

Relationships: Will Kempen & James St Clair, Devon & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Violet Ballard & Cyprian & Will Kempen & Katherine Kent, Will Kempen & Elizabeth Kent, Anharion & Will Kempen, Violet Ballard/Cyprian, Violet Ballard & Cyprian & Will Kempen, Will Kempen & Devon, Will Kempen/James St Clair

by Mady_Lacbeth

"Cyprian, it's me!" James looks desperate, and that's how Cyprian knows it must really be a dream, because James hasn't cared about his opinion, hasn't cared about him since they were children. "I don't know who you are, not anymore, get away from me," And he doesn't. He hasn't known James since they were children, maybe even before that. He doesn't even know himself half of the time. He couldn't even figure out his own favorite color. Everything had been so easy when they were children, like the world was dipped in pink and red and yellow, and not the gray that stained everything nowadays. Everything was so simple, a matter only of what he wanted and what he got. He didn't even know what he wanted anymore.

Words: 3586, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 33 of Dark Rise fics

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Justice (Dark Rise Series), Marcus (Dark Rise Series), James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Cyprian & Marcus & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian & Justice & Marcus (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian & Justice (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian & Marcus (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

by Lytherin

After being separated from the rest of the group, Cyprian and James are forced to work together. But old wounds are still fresh and the ghost of their shared past looms over them.

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He could feel James glaring at him. "I bet you love this. The mighty Steward hauling the evil Betrayer through the forest, who's so weak he can barely walk."

Cyprian thought about it. "A little," he admitted.

A burst of laughter next to his ear, shocked and a little breathless. Cyprian could only stare in disbelief. He had forgotten the sound of James' laugh—his real laugh. It had been years since Cyprian last heard it.

Words: 2376, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), background Will Kempen

Relationships: Cyprian & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

by RavenclawViking

These sexually repressed but absolutely filthy virgin boys devastated me and I wanted them to have their one night before the end of the world.

So in this one, Will still says ‘no’, but James is very good at convincing him.

Words: 4336, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Will Kempen, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair

by Mady_Lacbeth

The horse ride to the inn.

Words: 1506, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 32 of Dark Rise fics

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Justice (Dark Rise Series), Marcus (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Justice/Marcus (Dark Rise Series)

by Mady_Lacbeth

Cyprian burns the bodies after the events of Dark Heir. He thinks about everything.

Words: 1656, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 31 of Dark Rise fics

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: The Hand (Dark Rise Series), Ettore (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Violet Ballard

by Mady_Lacbeth

Cyprian's grown out his hair ever since the hall fell, long waves of brown that act like a shield for him One day, though, it's accidently half cut, and in fixing the mistake, Cyprian faces a part of his past.

Words: 1878, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 30 of Dark Rise fics

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Violet Ballard, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Violet Ballard/Cyprian, Cyprian & James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian & Elizabeth Kent

by UmbraStellaris

When the Sealgair sinks, Will drowns with it. James still finds him.

Words: 8758, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: James St Clair (Dark Rise Series), Will Kempen

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair

by lousyprotozoan

"You know I was born to the Hall. Since birth I've been trained for—compliance." At James's pause Will wondered what word he had rejected in favour of one that clearly revolted him. "All that changed when they tossed me out was whose reins I exhausted myself pulling at. But there has always"—he bared his teeth but spoke levelly, softly—"been reason to pull."

A dark intensity descended on Will and made his heart beat wildly. "There would be no slack to pull against if someone collared you."

With the threat of Sinclair’s arrival at their throats, James confesses that the allure of following commands doesn’t end with the Old World. Will, compulsively devoted to James’s desires, comes up with a plan to collar him without jeopardising his freedom.

Words: 3352, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Will Kempen, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair

by Zzkitzy

O que teria acontecido se Will revelasse tudo para James? Essa pergunta martelava sua mente, até que, em uma fatídica noite, ele resolve se expor. Uma noite antes do fim do mundo.

Words: 662, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Português brasileiro

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Will Kempen, James St Clair (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Will Kempen/James St Clair

by Mady_Lacbeth

Cyprian and Violet move with a fluidity that can only be learned, not taught, like two halves of a soul making way for each other, the ocean mixing with the sand.

  And there will never be room for Katherine there.

Words: 4063, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 29 of Dark Rise fics

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Violet Ballard, Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Katherine Kent

Relationships: Violet Ballard/Cyprian, Violet Ballard/Katherine Kent, Cyprian/Katherine Kent, Violet Ballard/Cyprian/Katherine Kent

by Random_Keen

Sarcean is rarely surprised.

The War against his Lady is going according to plan. Anharion has turned the tides and is fighting loyally by his side, even if bound by the Collar. There is nothing that stands in his way now.

Until he notices a strange girl, pretending to be a soldier among his men. He visits her in a dream, intent on finding her purpose.

Sarcean expects a threat. What he finds instead might throw off all he has known.

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Or; Violet wakes up in a very strange place, far from home.

Words: 814, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Dark Rise Series - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Violet Ballard, Sarcean (Dark Rise Series), Will Kempen, Anharion (Dark Rise Series), Cyprian (Dark Rise Series), Grace (Dark Rise Series)

Relationships: Violet Ballard & Will Kempen