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Scars of Light by Kallypso
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
28 Nov 2021
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Alina Starkov knows what it is to lose. She has lost her home. She has lost people she loves. And when she discovers the strange power kept dormant inside of her since childhood, her life is ripped from her again. Now she is a Grisha. Now she is something unique to be used by whoever can get their hands on her first. Shu, Fjerdans, Kerch traders-she learns to see them all as enemies as she fights to survive.
Then she meets the Darkling, the powerful and handsome Grisha in charge of the second army. A man she swears she has seen before in passing hallucinations. He has spent years searching for her since the first rumors of a girl who shone like a star rose from Keramzin, and now he has found her.
Alina is not naïve. She knows this man wants something from her like all of these others. But still, she cannot help but be drawn to him.
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23 Jun 2026
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Aleksander has been a thorn in Alina’s side since the moment she touched down in-country, and time has not made their relationship any less hostile and antagonistic. Alina knows her credibility — knows that the head of the NCTC back in Arlington had vouched for her when her name was put in the running for the operation — but she also knows that she’s young. Knows how she looks to these men, whose egos are rivaled perhaps only by their superiors. Aleksander Kirigan is no exception.
War brings out the worst in people — and on rare occasions, the best. Alina is never sure if she's looking at the best or the worst of Aleksander, but she's looking all the same.
British SAS Officer Aleksander and Military Intelligence Analyst Alina AU.
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22 Jun 2026
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Something True by Pookaseraph
Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
10 Mar 2023
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Aleksander is in need of a Shu translator, a smart one, to help with an intercepted cipher. Luckily he finds Alina Starkova just sitting there in Poliznaya. He feels an instant connection with the talented woman and invites her to join his oprichniki, but it turns out she is nothing like she first appeared and navigating that will be a challenge all on its own.
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06 Jun 2026
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The white-haired girl had been haunting Aleksander for as long as he could remember, visiting his dreams to plunge a knife in his chest, forcing him awake with sorrow tearing his heart apart.
The white-haired girl was— real, and actually had the most delightful laugh he had ever heard.
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27 May 2026
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What if the key to saving Xaden, and everyone, is for Violet to go back in time, using the power Andarna gifted her as a feathertail, as far as she can (her conscription day)?
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22 May 2026