Things that are a new feeling can change your hearts desires even when you want the feelings to stop they just wont. You can't be reluctant to understand more of those unknown feelings restricting yourself from what you want. Hiding will do you no good. Love is but a brief moment of purity and happiness that can infect even the strongest hearts with it's poisonous nature. But if you don't understand its true intent from whom has given you this 'new feeling' it can leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

A shadow snaked up my arm, a gentle caress, a brush of the night. "My name, Alina." I lifted my head. "Please, Aleksander." The darkness fell away and the nichevo'ya went still. The Grisha stopped and faced us. I barely registered Mal's horrified gaze. "Stand." My knees shook, but I pushed myself to my feet and stared into the Darkling's quartz eyes. Lifeless. Empty. Victorious. - The Darkling's forces are too great. The nichevo'ya, the Grisha, the merzost... Alina Starkov has no choice but to surrender and become the Darkling's Queen. - DARKLING X ALINA FANFIC TAKES PLACE AFTER CH 11 RUIN AND RISING (SPOILERS) I update Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays! (COMPLETED AS OF 10/6/21)