Takes place during The Wicked King after Jude is taken to the Undersea. Cardan's mother tries to make amends while Cardan struggles to conceptualize what love is and what Jude means to him. These are his first thoughts of wanting to marry Jude and sharing the crown with her. Cardan x Jude

This is a Cruel Prince fanfiction that takes place after The Wicked King, BEFORE Queen of Nothing was released. These are my thoughts on where Jude might be at when the third book picks up next year. Of course, everything belongs to the enchanting Holly Black.

Cardan wants to understand if Jude will ever be enticed away from him so he asks, "Is there anything you miss about the mortal world?" Cardan's POV. Post QON.

Jude and Cardan's first kiss told from Cardan's POV. Occurs during The Cruel Prince. Jude returns to interrogate Cardan to unexpectedly find that he is completely enamored by her. Cardan x Jude.

Prelude to Jude and Cardan's first kiss told from Cardan's POV. Occurs during The Cruel Prince. Cardan awakes to find himself tied to a chair. He befriends the Court of Shadows to get them to untie his hands as he plots to keep himself alive and win over Jude.

We deserve better than a world where the epilogue of this epic trilogy is Cardan eating pizza. Enjoy small moments of Cardan and Jude's lives as royals, friends and lovers.

Jude gets drunk at a revel - Cardan is delighted. Based on the Scottish folk song Tam Lin. "My sweet nemesis," Arms closed around her waist from behind. "I was considering coming to your rescue, before that dull little creature bored you to death. Alas, I realised then that it was only fair you get to experience how I feel when you start droning on about matters of state,"

The High King and Queen have guests, but where are they? A journey into the royal Chambers(;

Jude is in exile when she finds out Cardan is to be married to someone else. What will she do? Also has a playlist you can listen to Made for my knife wive @fantasyfox10123 on Tumblr!

Falling in love is like falling underwater: you know if you don't back out, you will drown. And yet, the entire time, you hope you're strong enough to not. Falling in love with Kaan Coro was much the same, except I really was drowning that first time. Jude and Cardan's daughter falling in love with Nicasia's son, basically.

Written for Jurdannet Folktober 2021. Prompt is day 19 "What We Do In The Shadows". Mostly just smut.

Jude is pissed off and with no other way to let off steam, Cardan comes up with a creative and very effective idea.

Cardan finds a very interesting birthday surprise when he walks in his bedroom.

A oneshot about the Bombe, the Roach, and their captured hearts. Rated K for romance and fluff.

The very pregnant Jude Duarte Greenbriar doesn't know whether she and Cardan would make good parents. Cardan convinces her that they would with his pillow fort.

"It was the way he looked at me as he ate. His gold-rimmed black eyes remained on me as he licked honey off his fingers and the way his tongue darted out to catch the peach juice on his lips. It is unfair that someone should be so breathtakingly beautiful, even while eating." Basically about the time Jude gets very turned on by Cardan and he tries to help her out. *PWP one-shot*

"It should be illegal how long and dark and beautiful your eyelashes are." Post The Queen of Nothing.

Jude & Cardan go on an adventure to the mortal world for the first time.

The High King of Elfhame, Kingling, King Cardan of Greenbriar, the beautiful King. Whatever the folk of Elfhame call him, the only thing Cardan is sure of is the fact that he is a reluctant ruler. *Cardan's POV, Wicked King spoilers, TWK retelling

The High King of Elfhame had been unusual since the moment of his birth. Disgrace and horror written all over himself. Death and inevitable destruction, his loyal companions. Cruelty and hatred for his shining armor. And a shabby, worm-eaten and scabrous thing for a heart.

“And yet I still crave for your attention, for every kiss you give me, for just a touch from you. You truly have undone me forever” “You were the one who taught me it is okay to want something that may hurt, to love, my cruel prince.” Set some years after QoN.

A little Jude and Cardan fic set after the events of Queen of Nothing

Cardan's POV from the end of Queen of Nothing... leading to a little bonus post-party scene where Jude is a little emotionally vulnerable. "In all his life, Cardan is certain no one has ever held him in the way Jude is holding him now, with a permanence to the grasp of her fingers, as if she hopes never to be removed. It's probably just wishful thinking, born of his own relief."

"The knife is no longer the threat, the danger. Jude is. She's like a chasm tearing open beneath his feet, and the longer he stares at the black hole, the more he wants to be enveloped by that void." Cardan's POV on the tempestuous kiss in "The Cruel Prince."

"Her kiss is like lightning in the dark. It has all the terrifying power of being drawn to something that can destroy you, of knowing the danger of a thing you cannot help but admire. Her breath liquefies him. He was completely unaware that another person's touch could unravel you." Cardan's POV on the kiss scene in Wicked Queen