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1. After the Fire is Gone by KittyDruthers

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Sep 2022

   Tags

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   • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
   • Alina Starkov
   • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
   • Mal Oretsev
   • Minor Mal Oretsev/Alina Starkov
   • Southern Gothic elements
   • 1950s
   • Ravka (Grishaverse)
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Canon-Typical Racism
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • Codependency
   • Chronic Illness

   Summary

   The great fire blazes in the distance and dark plumes float above and over the land. Alina can’t take her eyes away from it, even as she goes to tune the radio to try and find more information on the situation. The radio is only static.
   Staring at the sky, Alina shivers despite the oppressive heat.

   A week before her impending twentieth birthday Alina's life is on the precipice. Her marriage to Mal is discontent, their home is falling apart, and the work they depend on has long dried up, courtesy of competitor Aleksander Morozov, but a fire at the Grisha distillery might just change everything.

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