Tell your Master I no longer serve him.

Title: Vested interest, part 2 of 2
Characters/Pairing: Richard/Kahlan, Darken/Kahlan, Dennee, Denna, Cara, Rachel, Nicholas Rahl, Jennsen
Rating: R - for violence
Length: 5590
Warnings: character death, infanticide, dub-con, Orden
Spoilers: particularly for Puppeteer, Sacrifice, and Home
Summary: Written for a peoplespalace discussion: What if Darken killed Zedd at the end of Puppeteer? Richard and Kahlan are on their own, but it's not over yet. Or is it?

 

( Ordinary problems were easily solved with Orden - leaving only extraordinary ones... )

Written for legendland; these are all rated PG-13.

Title: We Parody You Because We Love You
Characters/Pairing: Richard/Kahlan, Zedd, Cara (almost Z/C)
Length: 155
Inspiration: "they were probably whispering sweet nothings to each other"

 

( "I love you! Oh, Richard!" )

 

Title: Weather Forecast
Characters/Pairing: Darken/Kahlan, Nicholas
Length: 463
Spoilers: Reckoning
Inspiration: "she would always look back and remember the way life was supposed to be"

( There were times... )


Title: Marvel
Characters/Pairing: Cara, Kahlan (hints of C/K)
Length: 351
Spoilers: Broken
Inspiration: "as Cara died, she saw Kahlan"

 

( One moment, stretched infinitely long, looking into the Mother Confessor's cold eyes... )

 

Title: Kitten Alert
Characters/Pairing: RKC, hints of C/K
Length: 358
Inspiration: "all her training hadn't prepared her for this"

 

( Mord'Sith don't rescue kittens in trees... )


Title: Under His Spell
Characters/Pairing: Darken/Kahlan, Richard/Kahlan
Length: 413
Inspiration: "for a moment, Kahlan wondered what it would be like to give in"

 

( "This isn't you!" Richard cried desperately... )

Title: Truth for Truth
Characters/Pairing: Darken/Cara, Richard/Kahlan, Zedd
Length: 2132
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: whole series
Summary: AU after Extinction - Darken stays with the group and helps save the world. He and Cara get a moment alone for a very important conversation.
Note: The alternate fate of Cara's son here was inspired by a discussion with dorothydeath.

 

( The three of them never left Cara alone with Darken Rahl... )

Title: Hope
Characters/Pairing: Darken/Kahlan, Richard/Kahlan, Zedd, Alice
Rating: R
Length: 4646
Warnings: torture, character death, disturbing themes
Spoilers: through season 1
Summary: Conversion AU written for the lotseekerfic Reverse Mini Bang, inspired by this art by confessorlove (although possibly darker than what she envisioned...) Darken captures Kahlan after she goes into the Blood Rage (brave man!). Richard will do anything to get her back, but maybe Kahlan doesn't want to leave Darken after all...

 

( Darken laughed. He let one finger trace Kahlan's lip, and she shivered. "I am in your blood already..." )

Title: To Kiss Those Fingers (Ch. 17 of The Heir to the Throne)
Pairing: Darken/Kahlan, background Darken/Cara, Richard/Kahlan
Length: 804
Rating: T
Spoilers: Reckoning, mostly, but eventually there'll be a few references to things we learn later.
Summary: Reckoning AU: what if Darken and Kahlan's baby was a girl?

 

( She was full of surprises, his queen... )

 

Title: Sparring, Chapter 2 of Some Kind of Miracle (but what kind...?)
Pairing: Darken/Kahlan/Dahlia
Length: 1968
Rating: R
Spoilers: Reckoning
Summary: Ever since Dahlia helped Darken and Kahlan conceive the next heir to the throne, a few things are different in the Palace...

 

( Lady Rahl is a Confessor, and Dahlia is a Mord’Sith. No matter how politely this was begun, there is only one way it can end... )

Title: Destiny Swap: Chapter 3: Seeker of Truth
Characters/Pairing: Darken/Kahlan, Richard/Jennsen/Denna, Zedd/Panis Rahl, also Cara, Dahlia, Darken's mother, Dennee
Rating: R
Warning: torture, character death, incest, violence...
Length: 7068
Summary: Written for a peoplespalace discussion: What if, in Reckoning, Richard and Cara ended up in the past, instead of the future? Can they get back to Kahlan, Zedd and Darken without changing their own past? Or is this the perfect opportunity to rid the world of an evil tyrant forever?

 

( "Darken Rahl, you are the True Seeker. Will you accept the title?" )

Title: Destiny Swap: Chapter 1: Ancient History
Characters/Pairing: Richard/Cara, implied Richard/Kahlan, Darken/Cara, Zedd/Shota and Zedd/Panis Rahl; also baby!Darken
Rating: PG-13
Length: 5182
Summary: Written for a peoplespalace discussion: What if, in Reckoning, Richard and Cara ended up in the past, instead of the future? Can they get back to Kahlan, Zedd and Darken without changing their own past? Or is this the perfect opportunity to rid the world of an evil tyrant forever?

 

( This journey to the past presented a rare opportunity - the chance to make things right before they ever went wrong. )

 

Title: Strategy
Characters: Darken Rahl, mentioned RKCZ, Nicci
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~800
Spoilers: Tears
Summary: Written for legendland; prompt was a day without magic. Darken reflects.

 

( All his life, he's been a Rahl, bound to D'Hara and its people as surely as they were bound to him... )