Lover's Curse

Winner of Best Multi-chapter, Best Angst and Best Mareven

Nominee for Best Fanfiction

Lover's Curse

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Hi! My name is Lucy, and I'm a Mareven writer who happens to have the most red queen fics posted to Ao3 (88 as of writing this post). You may also know me as beforeIlearnedcivility on Ao3. My most popular fic is Lover's Curse (see link above), an erotic psychological horror darkfic about if Mare didn't escape in King's Cage. My second most popular fic is Red Ruse, another one of those "Maven saves Mare beneath the Bowl of Bones" fics. It has a sequel, Red Ruin, which has four parts out and I will continue working on again in a few months. My pet project rn is Newblood Queen, a four book long Mareven role swap au where Newbloods rule, Reds are still oppressed, and Silvers exist in a hazy space in-between, the first book of which is now finished. Currently concentrated on my novel at @daughterofzeus-the-novel, a lesbian Helen of Troy retelling, and God's Cursed (Mareven Rule Norta and serve all the cunt), the latter of which I am trying to update every week now.

The cravings came at midnight.

Mother had warned him of them, but couldn’t prepare him, not truly. She’d never raised a vampire before. Never seen the shakes, the tremors, the whispers that echoed through his dreams. His nails were sharpening to claws. His teeth were aching with new length.

“Blood.” He coughed, fingers twitching as he lay prone at his bedside. “I need blood.”

She pressed a glass into his hand, and he sipped, almost choking on it. Blood trickled from his lips, the faint tinge of iron. He thought it’d taste sweet. He couldn’t be more wrong. _

Vampire!Maven x Vampire Hunter!Mare

Blood of the Covenant - Chapter 4 - beforeIlearnedcivility - Red Queen Series - Victoria Aveyard [Archive of Our Own]

@nortaeventcouncil @blackrun

The Knife's Edge - beforeIlearnedcivility - Red Queen Series - Victoria Aveyard [Archive of Our Own]

The last card I play is obvious, but one I know will bite to the bone.  One that won’t work, no matter how I want it to.  “We can still run.” My voice deepens, letting the offer hang in the air.  “Together.” _

An alternate path of the letter opener scene

A Happy Princess - beforeIlearnedcivility - Red Queen Series - Victoria Aveyard [Archive of Our Own]

House Iral greets us next, Ara brushing past me with the briefest of curtsies. Sonya stands beside her, arm in arm with Reynald Iral. He recently raised taxes on the Merandus estate. A small crime, but a crime nonetheless.

It takes all I have to sneer as Ellyn Maccathnos approaches, Mare’s grip tightening on my arm. No one challenges Mother in public, not if they want to stay intact. She brought this on herself.

She reaches not for me, but Mare, grinning as she takes her hand. “Every happiness to you, Lady Mareena. I can tell this one suits you.” She gestures to me, and my heart skips a beat. Her grin turns mischievous. “Not like fancy Samos. She’ll make a sad queen and you a happy princess, mark my words.” _

September 6th - September 12th

Day 1 - Supernatural, Fairytales, Magic, Death

Day 2 - Flowers, Ink, Blood, Fashion

Day 3 - Hurt / Comfort, Parents, Modern AU

Day 4 - New Beginnings, Montfort, Firsts

Day 5 - Battle, Training, Wounds

Day 6 - Lavender Marriage, Escape, Nighttime

Day 7 - Fate, Identity, Alternate Universe

every time I see you (I don't wanna behave)

Daughter of Zeus chapter seven

Irisare beach fic

You're On Your Own Kid

Halloween Update three

darling will you come with me nowhere (before they shoot us down?)

Daughter of Zeus chapter eight

bad ideas & champagne bottles

Bed Chem - the day that we met

hate that i made you love me - ghost!Mare haunts Maven, modern au

positions - fluffy popstar!mare mareven au

every time I see you (I don't wanna behave) - Newblood Queen!Maven dreams of them dancing as a storm rages outside. horniness ensues (non canon to the main series)

darling will you come with me nowhere (before they shoot us down) - NQ!Mare and Maven have soft and angsty, non canon sex in the dungeons

a little less conversation (and a little more touch my body) - Sonya/Cal smut

imperfect for you - . . . I'll leave this one a mystery

Save Your Tears / kiss me like you know this is goodbye - mystery box!

One Last Time - Mareven cheat on Marecal's wedding day, request by @mvsevales

we both know what we want (so why don't we fall in love?) - mystery box number 2!

all my favorite stories (end in some kind of catastrope) - NQ!Evane smut

Newblood Queen bonus content

Daughter of Zeus first draft

Bingo Prompts

Evane Week

Halloween Updates

Character Bday fics

God's Cursed

Pretty Follies

Red Ruin

Daughter of Zeus draft 2

Glass Houses

Lady Haven

Shattered Glass

Daughter of Zeus draft 3