It was only Kaz Brekker that knew his secret. Wylan Van Eck had been written off and damn near killed by his father. Not for the reason everyone thought though. There was another reason besides the fact that he was dyslexic and a failure at taking over his father's business. He was even more of a delinquent in his father's eyes. He got called disgusting and queer. not just for his sexuality, but because of the way he was. The way he was born. // originally posted on ao3 by angelwriter //

"You obviously told your husband what we shared?" Mal tensed at her side and she laid a hand on his knee to calm him. "I tell him everything." "Did you tell him how you pulled me in first? How you kissed me back? How you screamed my name?" *** Alina receives a letter explaining that the Darkling has returned. Her husband, Mal, goes with her to meet up with him again. Things are back where they started. She feels drawn to him, there is this pull there and she can't figure out what it is. There is light in him and she can't help but want to coax it out. If only he could stop this madness and greed. Could he be saved? // originally posted on ao3 by angelwriter //