𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐

darker au! ; ' 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 '

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

⠀ ' 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. '
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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚
𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠
⠀ ⠀
⠀ ; 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 ⤝

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

@sunsummonersimp - could make Ravka safe for everyone, including Grisha. Right? Her smile almost wavers with doubt.

"But, what about everyone else?"

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

The craving for more grows with every setting of the sun.

How will it end?

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

@sunsummonersimp She can't prevent her lips from turning upwards at his words. The reasons why she would want to tumble in the depths of her mind. Mal. Her friends. Ravka. Saints... everything.

And yet...

"We do."

That glimmer of hope. She could balance him, could she not? Together they -

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

|| Sorry for the delay, been a lil bit busy. I'll get to the rest of the starters and replies I owe tomorrow. Thank you for your patience ☺️

[𝓰𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓 .ᐟ @LYSENNIX]

⠀⠀ let ⠀⠀ rivers ⠀⠀run 𝑤͟𝑖͟𝑙͟𝑑͟
݁⠀⠀༉ ⠀⠀ 𝘰𝘳 ⠀⠀let ⠀⠀ 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 ⠀⠀be 𝕯𝙰𝙼𝙽𝙴𝙳

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

With a stifled giggle, she tries again using a little more pressure with some of her fingers.

[𝕿𝘩𝘦 𝕱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 @OTKAZATSYAC]

It didn't took long for Malyen to let out soft snort and after that laugh as he felt his neck tickled.

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

Yawns before taking a long sip of coffee. Saints, she's tired.

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

With the lightest of touches, she delicately skitters the pads of her fingers across the back of his neck.

[𝕿𝘩𝘦 𝕱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 @OTKAZATSYAC]

Well he will still sleep while she considers that , it will be hard to wake him up.

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

- truly wanted, and the agreeing silence many of the Grisha had offered lingered with her still. Had she been right to leave so many at the mercy of the Volcra?

"How can you justify that?"

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

"Only tonight..." She watches him carefully as he takes a seat. It was easy to speak such words and claim that this wouldn't be a regular event, but she knew that was becoming more and more likely to be a lie.

Neutrality is the expression she attempts to school as he gives his -

[ᯓ✴ ‘ 𝔄𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 ’ ‏ᝰ .ᐟ @armoredstoicism]

He paused for a moment.

"Which is why, we would do best as a team. Light and Dark, Ying and Yang, balance in all things. You know it to be true."

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

- presses herself to scoff, to show that she wasn't faltering. Not in the slightest.

"As if that's all it is. Bringing the world under your heel is hardly just being a balance for one another, is it?"

The day of the demonstration surfaces in her mind. The revelation of what he-

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

@LoneTidemaker "Why's that?"

Brows draw together in confusion. Everyone had someone, didn't they?

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

"Not everything should be conquered alone."

Especially not things such as this. Things that could cause so much harm to others-

Others that would sooner see all Grisha dead.

[Yuna Basilah @LoneTidemaker]

"not really.. Besides I'm used to handling things on my own.. Survival and all"

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

- it was not unlikely that she'd missed something.

"Alina," she finally manages with a bright smile. "Alina Starkov."

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

She suppresses the 'oh' that threatens to tumble from her lips. The young woman who had just entered had not quite been who she was expecting. Although, she wasn't entirely sure who she'd been expecting. The Queen, perhaps?

"The honor is all mine, Princess," she offers with -

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

- long blonde hair were accompanied by beautifully delicate features that had Alina's mind wandering. Why had she never heard of her before?

In an attempt to not get caught up in her own musing, she bats the thought away. She was not one to closely follow the royal family, so -

[⁣ ⁣ᝰ ‘ ` 𝙉Ø✗ .ᐟ ′ ’ @N0XIOUSICH0R]

⠀ ⠀⠀
⠀ ⠀ ― ⠀❝ 𝓚𝐚𝐳 𝓑𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐞𝐫 ❞

「 an independent portrayal of Kaz Brekker, otherwise known as the 𝕭𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖊𝖑 for the #grishaverse ; crafted by https://t.co/X1Uer7uITJ 」

⠀ ( ♡ + ↻ )

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

Stopping for a moment, she considers tickling him just a little on the back of the neck.

[𝕿𝘩𝘦 𝕱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 @OTKAZATSYAC]

letting out soft grumpy groan but continues sleeping

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

@LoneTidemaker - border. "... and a difficult search, but we'll find them. Alive."

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

"Nezkii?" she murmurs her query as she peers around the girl's pointed finger.

It was a settlement close to their northern border, a likely place for a Druskelle attack, if not predictable. A hum follows, surely there would've been more news if Nezkii had been subject to an -

[Yuna Basilah @LoneTidemaker]

She looked at the map her hands were still shaking when pointed to what seemed a small part of land but in reality was where she discovered herself to be a grisha

[𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 ; 𝐒𝟐 @BezTeney]

@LoneTidemaker "We'll find them," she soothes, shifting away from the maps and towards Yuna. Carefully she places a hand on the woman's shoulder, intending to give a gentle squeeze.

"It'll be a long trek..." her eyes drift to Pevek. A far northern village, barely miles from the -