born of darkness (n. lantsov)
39 parts Ongoing Mature"Stay with me. Please. I don't care if you're Grisha, just stay."
"I know you do not care but Ravka cares. Ravka cares all too much."
"Why does Ravka matter? It is just you and I, no one else."
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IN WHICH, Juliana Petrova is born of the darkness that consumes Ravka. A daughter of the Darkling, unbeknownst to her. she has to navigate a new life at the Little Palace, her father's betrayal to her country and tackle life afterwards.
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Juliana could have fled from the Little Palace all those years ago and refused to return. She could have gone back to her town house in Caryeva. She could have forgotten everything and moved on with her life peacefully. Instead, she stayed.
She became an adult in the Little Palace, under the watchful eyes of grisha and her General. Juliana endured hours of training, practising until her muscles ached with exhaustion. She spent many a night in the library, pouring over books to understand just who she was.
She never did find the answer.
Since meeting Aleksander, she had saved hundreds of lives in the four short years, from Grisha to soldiers to civilians. Since she arrived, she had seen hundreds of deaths, Ravkan, Shu, Kerch and Fjerdan. Her dreams transitioned into nightmares and yet one memory could pull her out of the depths of the darkness each and every time...
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