Tsar Czarina Alena Stepanov (Editing and Expanding)

In a world in the middle of a global pandemic, the Russia/Ukraine tension has grown to a dangerous point. Russian citizens have had enough of President Vladimir Putin's terrifyingly chaotic time in office as he stations Russian troops on the Ukrainian border ready to invade. As the world receives word that Putin has ordered the invasion of Ukraine, they watch in awe as the Russian people and military removed him from office and dismantled the government. Within a week, Russia had voted become a monarchy, but the citizens also had a say. The one problem was that no one knew where the royal families had fled during the last revolution.

With a name that means, "A born empress, Light; Crown," it was evident that Czarina Alena Stepanov's mother had high expectations for her daughter. Rina didn't know how high or even to what extent, not knowing anything about her family history on her mother's side. Not knowing much about her heritage, Rina watched her grandfather's home country turn upside down at the same time she and her boyfriend started looking to buy their first home.