(UNDER HEAVY EDITING) Elizabeth Pollard, daughter of Captain George Pollard, is an unusually talented girl who lives for adventure and excitement. After being asked to join the Whaleship Essex, her life as she knew it would change forever after being assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. Through thick and thin, panic and despair, starvation and thirst, love and lust, what will happen as the story of Moby Dick unfolds and what will happen to the once innocent girl of New England as she does the unthinkable to stay alive. [Do not copy this fanfic onto other pages and sites or I will feed you to Moby Dick] DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the original characters used in this story. They are the property of their creators.

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

A childhood friend. A war. A soul of sunlight. All of them are lost. As Alina is sinking in grief, her friends are trying to stay united, making plans of dethroning the Darkling, who now rules Ravka. The sun summoner has to resist giving into the shadow summoner's will, but how long will she be able to put on a show, as her feelings are starting to fade into numbness? And how easy can it be to kill the one who's standing beside you on a throne, when power has never felt so good? Alina may find out the answer when shadows have already taken over her heart. (Basically Mal dies, Alina turns dark and lives with the Darkling at the Grand Palace. Her friends are trying to kill him. Enjoy :) ◆The grisha world and characters were created by Leigh Bardugo. ◆Cover art by me