Alina left the Darkling for dead in the fold. But she will find out that he is no dead man. They are now connected by Morozova's first amplifier: the stag. The tether could either help The Darkling and Alina understand each other, or could tear them apart. Starts during Siege and storm. The characters are not mine. They belong to Leigh Bardugo, as does the grishaverse.