kathellen87



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 25

    Tags
    Summary

    When her powers were revealed at fifteen, the Lantsov tsar and tsaritsa promptly whisked Alina away to the Grand Palace, keeping her there in secret while they moulded her into the perfect Saint, the perfect princess, the perfect weapon. Hiding her from the Darkling, the infamous bandit and leader of the Grisha, lest he carry her away into the night for his own nefarious purposes…

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    19,237
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    22
    Kudos:
    133
    Bookmarks:
    25
    Hits:
    2,515

    09 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  2. Public Bookmark 2

    Summary

    “How presumptuous is the gift of life? What arrogance is implicit in the act of love that calls another into existence? This world, my love, I give it to you. All of it. You’re welcome, and I’m sorry.”
    ― Jacqueline Holland, The God of Endings

    Short stories and vignettes from an AU where Aleksander sacrificed Malyen to save Alina and in the process made her immortal. Includes loose inspiration from Leigh's The Familiar.

    See the Spotify playlist here.

    Words:
    14,437
    Works:
    2
    Bookmarks:
    2

    08 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  3. Public Bookmark 1

    Summary

    Through the years, we all will be together
    If the fates allow
    Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
    And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

    A faculty Christmas party sets the scene for a little more than merrymaking between Public Policy grad student Alina Starkova and Econ professor Dr. Aleksander Morozov.

    Or, a Yuletide University AU.

    Words:
    13,713
    Works:
    1
    Bookmarks:
    1

    08 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  4. Public Bookmark 45

    Words:
    9,700
    Works:
    3
    Bookmarks:
    45

    07 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  5. Public Bookmark 81

    Tags
    Summary

    In the run up to the opening of the Season, the newest member of the Ravkan Imperial Ballet, Alina Starkova finds herself once more at the mercy of her Ballet Mistress and gains an unlikely friend or two as the entire ballet company waits with baited breath to see who will win the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

    All Alina knows is, it certainly won't be her.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,786
    Chapters:
    5/5
    Comments:
    182
    Kudos:
    479
    Bookmarks:
    81
    Hits:
    6,192

    07 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections: