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1. Blood in the Water by phenixreturns

   Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Jan 2025

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   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
   • Mal Oretsev/Alina Starkov
   • Zoya Nazyalensky/Mal Oretsev
   • Ivan/Fedyor Kaminsky
   • David Kostyk/Genya Safin
   • Alina Starkov
   • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
   • Mal Oretsev
   • Alexei (The Grisha Trilogy)
   • Zoya Nazyalensky
   • Ivan (The Grisha Trilogy)
   • Fedyor Kaminsky
   • Genya Safin
   • Nadia Zhabin
   • Vasily Lantsov
   • David Kostyk
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Racism
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Half-Shu Alina
   • Basically I take the whole trilogy and say: once more but with feeling
   • Smart-Alina
   • Smartass!Alina
   • But her mind goes a bit wibbly-wobbly around Kirigan despite her best efforts
   • Reincarnation
   • Same face- different people
   • But are they really? Come find out
   • Character Death
   • Mal sucks- we know that
   • But Alina needs to learn that
   • Complicated relationship with Zoya Nazyalensky
   • Books and show combination
   • Read the Trilogy
   • but still haven't read Six of Crows cause I’m salty over that ending
   • Will never read King of Scars
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Basically I wanted ‘I did this for us’ soft!Aleksander
   • but I also needed ‘did you tell him what I taught you in the dark’ Darkling
   • so this is going to be a hot mess
   • But like Darkling hot mess- so you’ll probably like it

   Summary

   Alina Starkov was born afraid of the dark, with strange illnesses and terrifying spells she could never explain. Her face is the face of the enemy, and even with her unusual skills, hiding is the only safe option.

   But when she is discovered as a fabled Sun Summoner, a mythical Grisha so rare that they’ve been seen before, Alina’s carefully constructed world is shattered.

   And when the formidable Darkling, General Kirigan continues to take an interest in her for reasons she doesn’t understand, Alina must make a choice between choosing to follow the rules that have kept her safe all her life, or risk her freedom and her heart to find out who she really is.

   After all, when there's blood in the water, there are no safe places to hide.

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