"Don't look so shocked, I'm nothing if not a negotiator," The privateer grins, tapping his chin in a mockery of thought, "Though I do so love exceeding people's expectations, so I suppose a bit of shock is inevitable." ~~~ childhood friends | strangers | lovers (the star crossed kind of course) ~~~ This is only canon for the first Grishaverse series. When I wrote T&T, I hadn't read Six of Crows or King of Scars so there won't be any spoilers. ~~~ Lying never came naturally to Korina. Even after years of friendship with the most cunning boy in Ravka she still hasn't mastered the craft. So after Nikolai left it was only a matter of time before the truth came out. She skipped her Grisha examination thirteen years ago and now they want her back. Now on the run from both the First and Second Army, Korina makes her way to the coast, hoping to flee to Novyi Zem on a merchant vessel. She's close enough to freedom to taste it on the salty air when she makes her first mistake. She gets on the wrong ship. A Pirate's ship. ~~~ If you don't like dramatic irony this story will not be for you. | Prequel to Shadow and Bone. warning ~ talk of sexual assault | nothing spicier than in the grishaverse books | Siege and Storm spoilers ~ obviously lol 27,000 words | fourteen parts | completed

No matter how many times Death caressed her pale cheeks and promised that she would be taken in, she kept waking up, disappointment washing over her every time since she wasn't worthy enough to even be taken in by Death, her best friend.

❝The Sinners are waiting.❞ ❝Let's pray to the Saints you don't believe in that they'll keep us alive.❞ ❪ Fem OC x Nikolai Lantsov ❫ ❪ book based ❫ © 2022

golden child, lion boy. tell me what it's like to conquer. 𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗶𝗸© (nikolai lantsov x fem!OC) COVER: @wandtheif

"We were not built on peace. We were built on madness and lies and chaos. We do this together, peace or not. Easy or not. I will never understand what I did for the Saints to think I deserved you, but I am done questioning." Four months after parting on the Zemini coast Nikolai still hasn't fulfilled his promise, that he'll find a way to be with the girl he loves. Burdened by the weight of his oath, he's almost lost hope until rumors reach him of a wind spirit haunting the Zemini coast. But spirits and Saints don't exist, only green-eyed squallers who steal his heart. But finding her again threatens to draw him into a conspiracy older than Ravka itself, revealing secrets he never dreamed of. ~~~ Tempest and Tide Sequel If you're here before you've read Tempest and Tide go to my page and check out the first story! ~~~ drinking, kidnapping, allusions to sexual assault | nothing spicier than in the grishaverse books | Shadow and Bone + Siege and Storm spoilers

» 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 '𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒'. « 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗼𝘃 [ 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘴 ] [ 𝘐𝘕𝘊𝘓𝘜𝘋𝘌𝘚 𝘚𝘗𝘖𝘐𝘓𝘌𝘙𝘚 ] [ S&S; R&R; KoS; RoW ] [ 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘨𝘰 ]